Category Archives: criminal justice reform

Forensics: 9 Striking Photos That Perfectly Capture the Innocence Project’s Highlights of 2022 – Innocence Project

9 Striking Photos That Perfectly Capture the Innocence Project’s Highlights of 2022 – Innocence Project — Read on innocenceproject.org/9-striking-photos-that-perfectly-capture-the-innocence-projects-highlights-of-2022/

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Forensics: Disaster. Fire in Brooklyn Today Destroys NYPD Evidence Warehouse in Red Hook

The fire at 700 Columbia St in Brooklyn today destroyed an NYPD warehouse in Red Hook. Here’s what we know so far about the damage and injuries. — Read on http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/watch-live-smoke-billows-over-brooklyn-as-fire-rages-off-water/3994327/

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Flawed Forensics: Feds weigh in on bite mark analysis as several cases get new look

Flawed Forensics: Feds weigh in on bite mark analysis as several cases get new look — Read on http://www.fox19.com/video/2022/12/12/flawed-forensics-feds-weigh-bite-mark-analysis-several-cases-get-new-look/

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Forensics: Mostly Partial Prints and DUI Testing. The Slow but Steady March Towards a More Reliable Forensic Science

When Henry Swofford stepped to the microphone at a gathering of forensic scientists in 2016, he surprised the audience when he announced that he had directed his investigators to no longer use the terms “identification” or “individualization” to link an … Continue reading

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Forensics: Biden signs bill into law extending investigation of civil rights era lynching cold cases

Biden has signed a bill into law that would extend the time a panel has to investigate lynching cold cases that took place during the Civil Rights era. | TAG24 — Read on http://www.tag24.com/politics/us-politics/biden-signs-bill-into-law-extending-investigation-of-lynching-cold-cases-2683343

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Forensics: Politicians to blame. Audit details failures of DC’s Department of Forensic Sciences

An audit of D.C.’s Department of Forensic Sciences (DFS) found that the department failed to “operate as an independent part of the justice system.” — Read on http://www.fox5dc.com/news/audit-details-failures-of-dcs-department-of-forensic-sciences

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Forensics: Australia. Crime Lab ‘Bungle.’ What could happen next amid the DNA lab bungle investigation

What could happen next amid the DNA lab bungle investigation — Read on http://www.4bc.com.au/what-could-happen-next-amid-the-dna-lab-bungle-investigation/

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Forensics: Dirty tricks get a pass. Arizona Executes 76-Year-Old Man after Refusing DNA and Fingerprint Testing

At his Arizona trial, Hooper’s attorneys focused on the unreliability of Redmond’s eyewitness identification, alleging that she had been shown a photo… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/arizona-executes-76-year-old-man-after-refusing-dna-and-fingerprint-testing-in-case-with-no-physical-evidence

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Forensics: Men exonerated in Malcolm X killing to receive $36 million – POLITICO

Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination. — Read on http://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/30/malcolm-x-killing-exonerated-settlement-00064156

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Forensics: DA denied DNA testing in 2000. Now man released from California prison after 38 years following new DNA evidence

A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars convicted of murder and two attempted murders has been released from a California prison after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different person. The conviction of Maurice Hastings, 69, and … Continue reading

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