Category Archives: criminal justice

Forensics: How an exoneration of Anthony Porter’s case led to abolition of death penalty in Illinois

Posted on July 12, 2021 by csidds

John Hanlon said Anthony Porter’s case and exoneration in 1999 played a significant role in ultimately abolishing the death penalty in Illinois. — Read on http://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/07/11/anthony-porters-case-led-abolition-death-penalty-illinois/7910773002/

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Forensics: Police hid body cam video for two years. FBI opens police shooting case based on new evidence.

Posted on July 8, 2021 by csidds

http://www.huffpost.com/entry/body-cam-investigation-death-ronald-greene_n_60e6e9bce4b0f9cbbfd83750

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Forensics: Coerced confession ignored. Illinois Appellate Court Denies Exonerated Man’s Innocence Certificate

Posted on July 7, 2021 by csidds

Illinois Appellate Court Denies Exonerated Man’s Innocence Certificate – Chicago, IL – Wayne Washington spent 11 years in prison for a crime that he says he didn’t commit. — Read on patch.com/illinois/chicago/illinois-appellate-court-denies-exonerated-mans-innocence-certificate

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Forensics: OC Prosecutors threaten to overcharge and extort in order to Operate Vast Genetic Surveillance Program

Posted on July 6, 2021 by csidds

A DA’s office in California offers plea deals and dismissals for misdemeanor offenses — but only if people give up their DNA. — Read on theintercept.com/2021/07/03/orange-county-prosecutors-dna-surveillance/

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Forensics: Who is running this forensics lab? More departures from troubled DC crime lab | WTOP

Posted on June 29, 2021 by csidds

More managers appear to have departed from the embattled D.C. crime lab, which saw its accreditation to perform forensic testing withdrawn in the spring. — Read on wtop.com/dc/2021/06/more-departures-from-troubled-dc-crime-lab/

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Forensics: Rudy Giuliani’s New York law license revoked

Posted on June 25, 2021 by csidds

The former president calls NY “out of control.” “The seriousness of respondent’s uncontroverted misconduct cannot be overstated,” the judges wrote about Giuliani. — Read on http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-rudy-giuliani-law-license-suspended-20210624-d2y6famigfhtxhhv6li5holspi-story.html

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Forensics: A demand to U of Texas to halt faculty from doing “illegal” dental ageing reports for US immigration cases. #junk#forensic#science

Posted on June 15, 2021 by csidds

innocenceproject.org/innocence-project-demands-university-stop-use-of-dental-age-estimation/

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Forensics: Bayesian theory has limitations in forensic disciplines. NIST’s Hyer and Lund

Posted on June 14, 2021 by csidds

phys.org/news/2017-10-nist-urges-caution-courtroom-evidence.html

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Forensics: “Not enough data.” NIST Publishes Review of DNA Mixture Interpretation Methods | NIST

Posted on June 9, 2021 by csidds

Of course, US courts mostly allow the probabilistic interpretation of DNA mixtures such as STRmix. Typical when commercially developed methods go straight into crime labs then into the justice system which are generally unprepared to eval their foundation versus user … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Police objections to new Texas gun laws.

Posted on May 30, 2021 by csidds

http://www.huffpost.com/entry/former-houston-police-chief-constitutional-carry_n_60b3e1dee4b06da8bd783771

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