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Forensics: On the eve of the #AAFS2021 meeting, the last 4 years of stagnation of forensic reform is reviewed.
Very comprehensive look at the obstinance of hard-core deniers of scientific progress in police crime labs. Written by Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith. theintercept.com/2019/05/05/forensic-evidence-aafs-junk-science/
Forensics: Bitemark believer at the #AAFS2021 online conference carries on the myth.
Reading Richard Souviron always leaves me confused. What the heck. Is he saying bitemark patterns are still reliable means to direct the police investigations? I think so. What’s the error rate regarding your personal selection from your personal casework? 100%? … Continue reading
Forensics: Four Inspiring Female Scientists Tell Us How They Ended Up at the Innocence Project
Best of the best. Plus a cute little Chu(ie). Four Inspiring Female Scientists Tell Us How They Ended Up at the Innocence Project — Read on innocenceproject.org/women-in-stem-forensic-science-psychology/
Forensics: The Cattorney was a forensic scofflaw. Grits for Breakfast: Dallas News to AG: Don’t go looking for trouble by nixing arson review
The viral vid of the Zoom “I am not a cat” lawyer didnt tell his entire story. Grits for Breakfast: Dallas News to AG: Don’t go looking for trouble by nixing arson review — Read on gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/10/dallas-news-to-ag-dont-go-looking-for.html
Forensics: Junk psychology “experts” at the center of Texas and the Racist Machinery of Death
Very good read by Jordan Smith. You can add the ABFO bitemarkers to this list of experts enabling the death penalty in TX and elsewhere. In his new book, journalist Maurice Chammah explores the rise and fall of capital punishment … Continue reading
Forensics: Donald Trump, the DOJ, and forensics: the administration snuck in one last push for junk science in courts.
Apparently, high-school science is beyond the ken of these law school geniuses at the DOJ. They quack like little lame 🦆ies. Donald Trump, the DOJ, and forensics: the administration snuck in one last push for junk science in courts. — … Continue reading
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Forensics: More on injustice in US criminal courts. Public Defenders Suffer From the ‘Stress of Injustice’: Study
Public Defenders Suffer From the ‘Stress of Injustice’: Study | The Crime Report — Read on thecrimereport.org/2021/01/26/public-defenders-suffer-from-the-stress-of-injustice-study/
Forensics: Disparate legal standards. One for the rich, one for the poor. Georgia Offers Unequal Expert Evidence Standards
Guess who gets the benefit, and who gets the shaft. It is glaring proof that the two tier legal structure of rich vs poor really exists. The second proof is the inequitable funding of prosecutors, providing DAs with distinct advantages … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, Community Dentistry, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, Forensic Science, Forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform, junk forensic science, Medical errors, prosecutorial misconduct, US traitors, insurrection, US Capitol attacks
Tagged discriminatory legal standards for evidentiary admissibility
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Forensics: Round 2 soon coming your way. Council Concludes Bite-Mark Analysis Is Junk – The Intercept
This is from 2016. Then Trump eviscerated forensic science reform. Prosecutors, some crime lab ppl, and the FBI (Lynch and Sessions) all personally attacked the Obama admin’s (including Eric Lander and the “activist and conflicted” Innocence Project) multiple science commissions … Continue reading
Forensics: @WHOSTP45 | Bill Richards bogus ABFO bitemark case leads to California Senator Taking on Wrongful Convictions and Forensics in Reform Bill
A “one tooth” bitemark “match” from an ABFO/AAFS bitemarker led to Bill’s 26 years in jail and prison. A Texas upper court has just stayed a Jan 21 2021 execution of Blaine Milam based on a “3 tooth” bitemark ID … Continue reading
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