Category Archives: criminal justice reform

Forensics: Police planting drugs leads to Exonerations tied to corrupt Chicago Police Officer Ronald Watts

Posted on November 4, 2021 by csidds

Hundreds of cases!! What might be Cook County’s largest mass exoneration comes after 87 people already had convictions connected to former Sgt. Ronald Watts tossed. — Read on http://www.wbez.org/stories/exonerations-tied-to-corrupt-chicago-police-officer-ronald-watts/b75e9a7b-9a75-4412-9b00-4e1a664b6da6

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Forensics: Go Alicia! Reforming Forensics: Why Academics Are Challenging the Science Behind U.S. Criminal Justice | Discover Magazine

Posted on November 2, 2021 by csidds

Academics are fighting to reform criminal justice techniques — many of which are based on thin and outdated science — that have incriminated hundreds of innocent people in the U.S. — Read on http://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/reforming-forensics-why-academics-are-challenging-the-science-behind-criminal-justice

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Forensics: Eddie Bolden Chicago: Federal jury awards over $25M to man in wrongful murder conviction after lawsuit against city, CPD

Posted on October 31, 2021 by csidds

A federal jury awarded over $25M to Eddie Bolden in a wrongful murder conviction after he filed a suit against the city and Chicago police. — Read on abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-eddie-bolden-cpd-murder/11182906/

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Forensics: The Failed ‘Triad”of Shaken Baby Theorists. Ohio babysitter convicted of 2002 death of child released, charges dismissed

Posted on October 22, 2021 by csidds

Ohio babysitter convicted of 2002 death of child released, charges dismissed — Read on http://www.cleveland.com/nation/2021/10/ohio-babysitter-convicted-of-2002-death-of-child-released-charges-dismissed.html

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Forensics: Judges should listen to ‘Why Defense Forensics Experts Matter’

Posted on October 21, 2021 by csidds

The presentation of forensic evidence is typically one-sided in many US criminal courts. — Read on http://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/law-and-psychology/202104/why-defense-forensics-experts-matter

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Forensics: Fingerprints looking into mistake prevention and cognitive safeguards. Good info for all CSI types.

Posted on October 21, 2021 by csidds

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7237548/pdf/41235_2020_Article_223.pdf

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Forensics: Opinion | Thousands of missed police killings prove we must address systemic bias in forensic science

Posted on October 15, 2021 by csidds

I wonder what antics this will produce from the US National Asso of Medical Examiners? A new study concludes that, over nearly 40 years, medical examiners and coroners undercounted police killings by more than half. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/15/medical-examiners-forensics-bias-police-killings/

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Forensics: This is huge!Law reforms compensation process for those who are wrongly convicted.

Posted on October 8, 2021 by csidds

The CA comp board has been obstructionist in processing these claims via DA influences since its inception. Law reforms compensation process for those who are wrongly convicted – Santa Barbara News-Press — Read on newspress.com/law-reforms-compensation-process-for-those-who-are-wrongly-convicted/

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Forensics: A deep dive. What happens to troubled prosecutors? New ‘extraordinary’ deposition reveals the answer

Posted on October 8, 2021 by csidds

Most of us have certain minimal requirements to keep our jobs. When we don’t meet those requirements, there are consequences. What if your boss publicly admitted that you had a — Read on http://www.kctv5.com/content/tncms/live/

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Forensics: Early review finds 900+ cases where debunked ‘hair matching science’ was used by prosecutors

Posted on October 8, 2021 by csidds

35,000 cases to review. Case data going back to the 1980s. One underfunded and unmotivated State Attorney General is interviewed in this story. The FBI Director wrote a 2016 letter saying their hair experts were giving false testimony in these … Continue reading →

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