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Forensics: A lookback on the DC crime lab’s political turmoil. Firings and nepotism reigned supreme.
The history of an acclaimed “independent” crime lab getting the shaft in Washington DC. Now the lab is in hot water for “deliberately concealed” botched lab tests. csidds.com/2016/05/25/wash-dc-crime-lab-continues-to-coverup-its-problems-of-law-enforcement-bungles/ Now the lab is suspended from operation. https://dcist.com/story/21/04/07/dc-crime-lab-loses-accreditation-over-allegations-of-conealing-information/
Forensics: Wrongful Conviction – Podcasts
Read about the dark side of wrongful convictions. Multiple podcasts. Based on the files of the lawyers who freed them, Wrongful Conviction features interviews with men and women who have spent decades in prison for crimes they did not commit … Continue reading
Forensics: How bias affects forensic methods with Itel Dror
Interview by Brandon Garrett
Forensics: What’s wrong with crime labs = DC mayor defends crime lab but says she wants issues ‘fully investigated’
What the heck does a mayor know about forensics? Politics, police and forensics is a hot mess of conflicts and agendas. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she wants concerns about the operations of the District’s Department of Forensic Sciences “fully … Continue reading
Forensics: Coverup penalties. National forensics board suspends accreditation of District’s crime lab
The DC lab has been hiding things. ANSI accreditation has teeth. All its units have been shutdown. This lab is seriously compromised. 10 years ago it was praised for its independence from police management. The lab’s DNA unit temporarily suspended … Continue reading
Forensics: DC forensic lab under criminal investigation over firearms case
Im sure the lab claimed 100% accuracy. The D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences is under criminal investigation amid allegations that managers at the independent lab pressured analysts to change their conclusions, and then potentially misrepresented findings to its accrediting body, … Continue reading
Forensics: Whistleblower gets some payback. Ex AAFS president get $1 Million Settlement for firing because she objected to the Use of Untested DNA Tests for Decades
This settlement was over Marina Stajic PhD being wrongfully terminated by the NY Medical Examiners Office. It stemmed from her revealing decades of lies in that office about their LCDNA non existent proofs and testing. She is by no means … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, Crime lab scandal, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, DNA profiling, forensic fraud, forensic science misconduct, junk forensic science
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, forensic science fraud, junk forensic science, Marina Stajic PhD, New York DNA lab, OCME
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Forensics: Hypnotic Texas Rangers stop using hypnosis after investigation reveals dubious science. 1700 cases.
Local cops still do this. Courts still accept this as evidence. AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety has ended the controversial practice of using hypnosis to investigate crimes. A department spokesman said… — Read on http://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2021/03/11/texas-rangers-stop-using-hypnosis-after-dallas-morning-news-investigation-reveals-dubious-science/
Forensics: Junk police “science.” Black Man Sues New Jersey City After Being Arrested Due to Error in Facial Recognition Technology
Much like sniffer dogs and road side drug “testing.” A Black man in New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against police and county prosecutors after a misidentification by facial recognition technology resulted in him being jailed for 10 days. — … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Crime lab scandal, forensic evidence exaggeration, forensic misconuct, Forensic Science, Forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform protecting the innocence, human identification, junk forensic science, police crime labs
Tagged facial recognition, junk forensic police testing
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Forensics: Trump’s DHS tried to secretly subpoena BuzzFeed to reveal sources — but the publication exposed the scheme: report
Sounds like a Sheriff telling a medical examiner to hide a police shooting autopsy. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-13/sheriff-coroner-autopsy-dana-young-shooting President Donald Trump took an oath to defend Americans’ First Amendment right to a free… — Read on http://www.rawstory.com/2020/12/trumps-dhs-tried-to-secretly-subpoena-buzzfeed-to-reveal-sources-but-the-publication-exposed-the-scheme-report/amp/
Posted in AAFS, Crime lab scandal, police crime labs, prosecutorial misconduct
Tagged police shooting scams
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