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Forensics : Expecting too much from Forensic Evidence does not Guarantee Justice : Plus WORLD Forensic News
30% of DNA exonerations have occurred after suspects’ false confessions. Here is another one out of Buffalo, NY. Conviction is vacated for 2 murders. Forensics : Expecting too much from Forensic Evidence does not Guarantee Justice US. All but 4 European MH17 … Continue reading
The Nasty World of forensic dentistry bitemark opinions – Forensic News from the US
The Nasty world of bitemark opinions. At least five cases of forensic lab misconduct in the last 2 years. Some ballistics and trace exams discontinued as “too time consuming.” Most trace is merely associative (not identifying a specific person or … Continue reading
Recent forensic science news and cases from around the world
CASES False hope w/out DNA. Bitemarks hold key to solving Hamilton car park assault case Forensic Experts Identify Remains of One of Mexico’s Missing Students. Forensics Team in Mexico Confirms Remains of 1 of 43 Missing Students- Why are there no … Continue reading
An example of the “finality of verdict” mentality of police and DAs in the US : They ‘deep six’ the evidence
Sorry to use the “deep six” phrase (verrry unprofessional) but it surely applies to this growing track record of the various Innocence Project Network (IPN) investigation cases litigating suspected wrongful convictions. They are told the evidence used to convict no … Continue reading
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#Forensics in Focus : US experts not helping in Mexico Massacre, more forensic inaccuracies in the media …………
New DNA test can specifically identify the difference between identical twins. Where are the US forensic experts in this? Austrian forensic experts may shed light on Mexico massacre via @reuters Once more, so much for media accuracy in forensics. Security experts doubt … Continue reading
DNA versus ABFO bitemark opinion and the FBI CODIS gaff denies chance to find the real murderer
Click picture for Gerard’s post exoneration video The NY Innocence Projects’s fight to identify a murderer is blocked by a ridiculous FBI rule about “lawyer lab certification.” All this started with another wrongful conviction ( N=1480 at the National Registry … Continue reading
Posted in ABFO, Bitemarks, criminal justice, junk forensic science, wrongful convictions
Tagged CODIS, DNA, exoneration
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Forensic science review : 40 years of assuming “unique dental profiling” now considered unproven – AGAIN
The vagaries of what is “science” is a topic of interest to historians and those in the science business as part of their training. “Scientific advance” is what is expected to be the outcome. An odd variant is when some … Continue reading
More on the physical evidence from Ferguson from WaPo
This opinion includes graphics and an observation that protestors and others don’t seem to care what the forensic evidence suggests and affirms. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/11/28/the-physical-evidence-in-the-michael-brown-case-supported-the-officer/
#Forensics in Michael Brown shooting : Chaos, uncertainty and confusion in the Press and now….Silence?
Summary and comment: The staid demeanor of most forensic science CSI shows and public conventions has been contradicted by the explosion of news media coverage of forensics related to Michael Brown’s shooting in Ferguson, MO. Who says forensic scientists always … Continue reading
#Forensics The trending myth of #science in Shaken Baby convictions
Another terrible example of non-research based forensic opinions. m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/11/how-can-doctors-be-sure-a-babys-been-shaken/382632 Download the official Twitter app here Sent from my iPhone
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