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Forensics in Thailand shows an ugly lack of fairness in Aussie double murder case.
Here’s another case where human rights and so-called use of “forensic science” have little in common. A notable Thai forensic expert denounces the forensic “proof” left unavailable to defendants’ lawyers in this murder of two Australian tourists. Politics ran away … Continue reading
Indiscriminate police use of private DNA databases makes a mess for innocent people.
I can’t wait to hear how law enforcement tries to clean up this seemingly uncontrolled use of personal genetic material over 1 million customers have sent to familial DNA companies like Ancestry.com. “Anyone who knows the science understands that there’s … 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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Deep into false forensic science from the FBI
Hair analysis ‘should be abolished,’ says wrongly incarcerated man 1978 Double murder. 37 years in prison. “He said that the pubic hair was microscopically similar to mine—microscopically similar.” Joseph Sledge was no saint, and the police knew it. Then … Continue reading
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 )
Texas releases another death row inmate | The FBI ‘conspires’ with the Innocence Project on Forensic Reform
Misconduct by prosecution authorities is jus t one of the contributing causes of wrong convictions. Texas leads the nation in exonerations. Read about another man taken off death row. As a rebuff to what some US forensic dentists write about regarding “conspiracies” against … Continue reading
Propaganda piece by embattled forensic dentistry group published by CA Dental Association.
An opening statement. To be honest, this ABFO generated material is nothing new. What is typical, along with the personal attacks, is the absence of meaningful point-by-point discussion of scientific (i.e. the 2009 NAS Report) and exoneration case evaluation. It also … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, CSI, death penalty, DNA profiling, exoneration, fingerprints, Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform, junk forensic science
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SF Police Chief Loses a $2M grant for rape kits. His Crime lab is “maxed out.” Plus Murder around the world.
S.F. Police Chief Greg Suhr during a news conference speaks about an audit of the crime lab’s DNA unit, which has come under fire for faking results, as well as other police misconduct, at the Hall of Justice, Friday, April … Continue reading
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Tagged AAFS, ABFO, American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Bad forensic science, bitemark, Bitemarks, California Innocence Project, Claim of Innocence, crime labs, Criminal Justice, district attorney, DNA profiling, Exculpatory Evidence, FBI Crime Lab, junk forensic science, Miscarriage of justice, rape kits
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A California District Attorney Gets the Judicial Hammer for Misconduct
There are calls for DOJ to investigate this event. It’s a big scandal. Here is a snippet about the Orange Co Prosecutor’s trail of bad faith actions in the court system. He just got booted from a terrible mass shooting … Continue reading
Efforts to rid court system of outdated and flawed forensic “expertise”
Old Convictions, New Science Texas tackles debunked forensics. This legislative process in Texas reflects how the monolithic (i.e huge) US criminal justice system “repairs” itself. I use the word “repair” very loosely in that people have to be injured, killed … Continue reading
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Tagged AAFS, ABFO, American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Bad forensic science, bitemark, Bitemarks, California Innocence Project, Claim of Innocence, Criminal Justice, CSI, DNA profiling, Exculpatory Evidence, exoneration, expert witnesses, Fair Trial, falsified evidence, FBI Crime Lab, forensic dentistry, forensic examiner error, Forensic science, forensic testimony, innocence project, junk forensic science, junk science, Miscarriage of justice, misidentification, National Commission on Forensic Science, National Institute of Justice, william richards, wrongful convictions
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