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US Exonerations: State by state with interactive data: Are there Forensic Science “Bad Apples?”
The NY Innocence Project has a virtual tour of exoneration data that quickly establishes the fact that wrongful convictions are NOT just a series of “bad apples” in an otherwise reliable (depending on your interpretation of “justice”) system. The bitemark … Continue reading
Forensic Testimony: More bad results from government run crime labs: Forensic Science
Government crime labs fail to maintain standards and reliability. From the ABA Journal. http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/crime_labs_under_the_microscope_after_a_string_of_shoddy_suspect
Posted in criminal justice, CSI, Forensic Science, forensic testimony, wrongful convictions
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Judge believes the “Flat Earth” bitemark believers: Forensic Science
This judge uses a NY case ruling called the Frye standard, created in 1923, to allow bitemark comparisons into his court as “science.” http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202618278480&In_Pivotal_Test_NY_Judge_OKs_Bite_Mark_Evidence&slreturn=20130806185424
Posted in criminal justice, CSI, expert testimony, Uncategorized
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Forensic Testimony: when the pathologist gets things very wrong: Forensic Science
For decades Steve Hayne was the go to guy for Mississippi prosecutors like Forrest Allgood of Noxubee County. Both have a long record of involvement in wrongful convictions and questionable theories and opinions on a defendant’s guilt. Allgood has the … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Forensic Science, Bitemarks, criminal justice, CSI, expert testimony, Forensic Science, forensic testimony
Tagged Capital punishment, Criminal Justice, Defendant, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Forensic science, Miscarriage of justice, Noxubee County, Noxubee County Mississippi, Steve Hayne
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Forensic Testimony: PBS/Frontline: Forensic Science
Posted in criminal justice, expert testimony, Forensic Science, forensic testimony
Tagged Criminal Justice
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Chicago pays out more $ for wrongful convictions: Forensic Science
Chicago has reached $66 million in payouts on wrongful convictions this year. Read full article.
After an exoneration: Cops find the right perp: Forensic Science
After the wrong guy goes to prison, police use the DNA brought forth by the CWC and pops the right guy. http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77263625/
Forensic Testimony: Hired Guns or …..what? / Forensic Science
Judges to not have the tools to counteract the effects of biased experts. See PBS/Frontline/CSI http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/criminal-justice/real-csi/can-juries-rely-on-forensic-experts/
Investigative Report: Inside reporters’ efforts in an exoneration case: Forensic Science
A triumvirate of Pulitzer-winning reporters spent years in supporting a victim of a misguided prosecution aided by willful misconduct by Chicago police. A retrospective article on what the reporters experienced with the wrongfully convicted Daniel Taylor, written by Maurice Possley, … Continue reading
Forensic Testimony: Once again, exoneration cases support unreliability of experts trial opinions
Take some time (or more than one visit to get through the information) and follow this link (Forensic Testimony) to a greater understanding on why credibility for some forensic experts is waning or finally being extinguished. The chart posted above … Continue reading
Posted in Bite Marks, Bitemarks, criminal justice, CSI, Exoneration costs, expert testimony
Tagged AAFS, bite marks, Bitemarks, Criminal Justice, DNA, DNA profiling, Expert witness, FBI Crime Lab, Federal Bureau of Investigation, forensic examiner error, Forensic science, Innocence, junk forensic science, misidentification, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Science in Society, United States, unreliable
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