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New efforts to ID Pearl Harbor victims, the “excitement of delirium” and other Forensic Notes, some strange others tragic.
After a 1947 internment from the battleship Oklahoma, skeletal remains experience new ID attempts. North Carolina has two newly compensated exonerees. 30 years in prison while innocent of murder. Once again, false confessions prove to be largely coerced from vulnerable … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime, criminal justice, CSI, DNA profiling, exoneration, forensic pathology, Forensic Science, junk forensic science
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, Bad forensic science, Claim of Innocence, Forensic science, wrongful convictions
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Forensic dentist defends the Innocence Project against “Anti Forensic Science” AAFS/ABFO Accuser
The California Dental Association Journal, in its July 2015 publication presented a multi contributor article on forensic dentistry. Having good PR for the efforts of largely volunteer dentists doing human identification cases and being trained and available in mass disaster … Continue reading
Fabrication of bitemark evidence by dentists not proven according to 7th Circuit dismissal of Stinson civil suit
“Fabricated opinion evidence, for which the expert might not have qualified immunity, must be both wrong and known to be wrong by the expert,” Sykes explained (an appellant judge recently wrote this in WI). Its quite clear in Wisconsin that … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bite Marks, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice, CSI, death penalty
Tagged ABFO, American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Criminal Justice, discredited forensic science, falsified evidence, junk forensic science
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Some DAs wandering afar from ethical guidelines
Leaking prosecutors seem to be getting some attention from the FEDS. But they ultimately get slapped on the pinky finger. As in prosecutor Mike Nifong in the Duke rape railroad case getting one day in jail. Its even worse when … Continue reading
Forensics: Another case of a “recaptured” bitemark showing “unique” features matching one man in the world.
This comes in three parts: Part One This is the long range photo of a bitemark determined so by two ABFO bitemark dentists Michael Sobel and Tom David. Here is a color closeup on the left and a UV picture … Continue reading
‘This isn’t CSI’ : The science behind forensic toxicology
Taking a close look at why forensic tox is so complicated and takes weeks to months to complete. Unlike other medical tests, where technicians isolate a specific compound like cholesterol, Middleberg says that you don’t always know what you’re looking … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, CSI, forensic toxicology
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, CSI, Forensic science, forensic toxicology
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WHITE HOUSE appeal of bitemark aided execution was ignored in 2011.
Bitemark aided TX conviction and later execution of Humberto Leal in 2011 ignored direct appeal from the White House. The US Supreme Court id nothing mcuh. Then Governor Rick Perry rejected defense plea for claim of ineffectiveness of counsel and … Continue reading
Texas Forensic Science Commission will investigate convictions based on bite marks
This is Dr. Mary and Peter Bush, from the U of Buffalo. Their recent series of research papers have given the ABFO bitemark “skin-readers” a real headache. The great state of Texas will be taking a microscopic look at bitemarks. … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice reform, CSI, death penalty, junk forensic science
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, bite marks, Bitemarks, Forensic science, junk forensic science, Miscarriage of justice, wrongful convictions
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Bite Mark Evidence Sends Innocent Man to Death Row
Ray Krone was arrested for the sexual assault and brutal murder of a female bartender in Phoenix, Arizona in 1991. The case rested largely on bite mark evidence on the body of the victim, 36-year-old Kim Ancona. Krone was dubbed … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, criminal justice reform, CSI, death penalty, National FOrensic Science Commission, Ray Krone bitemark case
Tagged ABFO, American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Bad forensic science, CSI, junk science, wrongful convictions
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Junk Science in the US and the UK – Hands across the sea
The blog starts on how scientific arguments about DNA (and everything else dealing with forensics) within the US courts are so heavily affected by legalisms which allow one state (in this newest case NJ) to accept the opinion of another state (NY … Continue reading
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