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Forenscis: DA bad. NYC judge slams prosecutor’s office behind the wrongful homicide convictions of three men
82% of exons involve DA evidence misconduct. Nat’l Registration of Exonerations. NYC judge slams prosecutor’s office behind the wrongful homicide convictions of three men – CNNPolitics — Read on amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/03/05/politics/queens-ny-wrongful-convictions/index.html
Forensics: lnnocence Project sleuths question Syracuse man’s murder conviction after 30 years in prison – syracuse.com
Innocence Project sleuths question Syracuse man’s murder conviction after 30 years in prison – syracuse.com — Read on http://www.syracuse.com/crime/2021/03/innocence-project-sleuths-question-syracuse-mans-murder-conviction-after-30-years-in-prison.html
Forensics: The Myth of the Reliability Test by Brandon L. Garrett, M. Chris Fabricant
Judges hate to rule on scientific issues and opt to “let the jury sort it out.” Its a sign of poor legal/science competencies. Plus inadequate and outdated “rules of evidence” in places like New York. California and Texas now have … Continue reading
Forensics: DAs fail to pursue their promises about Bad science sending innocent men to prison. N.C. DOJ wouldn’t review other cases where it was used.
Elected officials are the worst in admitting past mistakes regarding forensic science. I have met one or two. The N.C. Department of Justice has stonewalled efforts to review decades of files where the state crime lab used bad science to … Continue reading
Forensics: Op-Ed: Criminal Confessions, Forensic Bias
Dr. Melinek knows her stuff. Cops influence suspects and then move onto the forensic pathologists with false confessions. She mentions a recent joint paper on racial bias in forensic decision-making that adds proof to the presence of bias and resistance … Continue reading
Forensics: The ABFO bitemarkers have closed the door on US forensic dentistry training.
Dental students love to see lectures about forensics. Thank you CSI. I have talked with dental students at Ostrow USC for decades in short seminar format. My principal topic is human identification. The bitemark portion talks about DNA collection from … Continue reading
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Forensics: Bad ballistics. Patrick Pursley gets certificate of innocence after wrongful conviction
Patrick Pursley was awarded a certificate of innocence in the 1993 murder of Andy Ascher of Rockford. Pursley spent 23 years in prison before he was granted a new trial. — Read on http://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2021/02/26/patrick-pursley-gets-certificate-innocence-after-wrongful-conviction/6814469002/
Federal Court Agrees: Prosecutors Can’t Keep Forensic DNA Evidence Secret from Defendants
An ongoing criminal court defense argument about DA refusal to disclose the prosecution-popular TrueAllele DNA software “code” is gaining judicial traction. When the government tries to convict you of a crime, you have a right to challenge its evidence. This … Continue reading
Forensics: Here’s how ICE sent children seeking asylum to adult detention centers with help from AAFS/ABFO bitemarker advocate….
How this dentist thinks wisdom teeth root shape is a biological birthday card is beyond my comprehension. ICE continues to disobey Congressional orders to stop dental and bone scans on minors seeking asylum in the U.S. — Read on http://www.salon.com/2018/05/12/heres-how-ice-sent-children-seeking-asylum-to-adult-detention-centers_partner/
Forensics: Judges being predominantly ex DAs causes this. Still trying to get Illinois to admit he’s innocent
Still trying to get Illinois to admit he’s innocent — Read on http://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/still-trying-to-get-illinois-to-admit-hes-innocent/Content
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