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Bad actors and negligent experts in Crim Justice still immune.
This follows up previous blogs about how citizens, damaged by CJ incompetence (including some lawyers) and bad acts, run afoul of legal interpretations of immunity for state employees and their minions. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/07/30/people-wronged-by-the-criminal-justice-system-face-a-long-road-to-compensation (copyright 2015 Dental and Forensic Services LLC )
Federal judge opinion about “experts peddling junk science to credulous judges and jurors”…..
This federal court (from the Chicago area) opinion speaks to how people exonerated of serious crimes have little legal recourse (having no state statutes and judicial case law privileges or right to sue most government “actors.”) for recompense for damages caused … Continue reading
Forensics: A BIG dust up in AUSTRALIA over 400 opines of a state Medical Examiner
This all started with a recent judicial (last year) opinion on a 20 year-old case dealing with “murder in a bathtub.” The government’s path guy, Dr. Colin Manock, got clobbered in a book about this case and which seems to … Continue reading
Update: White House Report on Forensics Science: “Eradicate” the Use of Bitemarks
Update on the Update: More on this today (Wednesday July 22, 2015) from Radley Balko at THE WATCH On Tuesday, July 21, the White House OSTP issued an oral presentation by: Jo Handelsman “Dr. Jo Handelsman is the Associate Director for … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, criminal justice reform, CSI, Forensic Dentistry, junk forensic science
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Bad forensic science, Forensic science, innocence project, junk forensic science, junk science, White House
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Bitemarks in child abuse case reveals how skin injury patterns vary dramatically on a single victim
This amazing article documents how human bite marks on a single victim, arguably by one suspect, are extremely inconsistent in pattern, shape of tooth marks and other details. Here’s a few questions. Would you look at the bite marks before … Continue reading
Justice Kozinski on Lying Police and more on forensic science and CJ “guesswork”
EVIDENCE OF POLICE DISHONESTY LEADS TO OVERTURNED CONVICTIONS NATIONWIDE Here are some quotes from a justice of the US Ninth Circuit of Appeals. Justice Alex Kozinski talks about police misconduct and worse in the Debra Milke case. “The Ninth Circuit … Continue reading
At what price, freedom? The moral challenges in forensic testifying. Some win and some fail miserably.
At what price, freedom?. An opinion article about expert witness integrity and examples of some total failures in the forensic science industry. From Dr. Mary Beth Hauptle, the most experienced forensic investigator dentist in the US. I am serious.
Mini-police crime labs sprouting up all over thanks to the American Soc of Crime Labs
Somebody needs to tell this Winston-Salem police chief how “speedy crime lab tests” (to avoid huge delays from the state lab) might not work out so well in some circumstances. The “speedy trial” reward for being “speedy” in that his … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, CSI, Forensic Science
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, crime labs, Criminal Justice
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The rise of the Innocence Project was based on DNA and a fractured system of forensic science
I have been perusing threads in the press concerning dialogue of forensic practitioners about the gaps and misapplications of their forensics in the US criminal justice system. There aren’t many. For the most part, there are a vocal few within the forensic communities … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bitemarks, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, Bad forensic science, Bitemarks, Criminal Justice, CSI, Forensic science, Miscarriage of justice, National Commission on Forensic Science, wrongful convictions
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A wobbly attack on the Innocence Project being a “franchise” and having “financial interests” in exons
This is just another ill conceived railing at the NY and other Innocence Projects (there are about 34 affiliates). Its in the form of an anonymous letter to the the NY Joint Commission on Public Ethics in regards to “ethics … Continue reading
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