Category Archives: CSI

Forensics: A nurse practitioner and a MD. Another horror story from the bruise pattern experts.

Posted on January 28, 2020 by csidds

This comes out of Milwaukee WI. Two married docs. Adopting a baby. A visit to the ER. Then the Inquisition started. Falsified records, a bitemarker-like MD who lectures about “saving the children,” inept child abuse advocates, and a reporter who … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Despite failed field tests, UK police praise facial IDs from street cams.

Posted on January 27, 2020 by csidds

Here’s a quick look at police “cart before the horse” attitudes on forensics. https://telecoms.com/502056/london-police-push-forward-with-controversial-facial-recognition-tech/

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Forensics: Lie detector flimflam in the US 🤯

Posted on January 25, 2020 by csidds

No better than guessing. Still in use by you know who.  https://www.wired.com/story/inside-polygraph-job-screening-black-mirror/

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Forensics: How a one week training course can make you a blood pattern expert. Bitemarkers do it in 2 days.

Posted on January 18, 2020 by csidds

Judges still can’t figure out what is junk testimony. Take a look at the history of the spatter experts rise to fame. The bite people only needed Ted Bundy to become famous crime-fighters. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/31/magazine/bloodstain-pattern-analysis-timeline.html

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Forensics: Another lesson on not trusting convictions. 42,000 pages of undisclosed evidence

Posted on January 8, 2020 by csidds

Another chapter about rigged prosecutions ending in a death sentence. The blame lies with DAs and the police. A new DA led to this new review. https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-da-larry-krasner-exoneration-christopher-williams-theophalis-wilson-20200106.html

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Forensics: Another lesson on not trusting convictions. 42,000 pages of undisclosed evidence

Posted on January 8, 2020 by csidds

Another chapter about rigged prosecutions ending in a death sentence. The blame lies with DAs and the police. A new DA led to this new review. https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-da-larry-krasner-exoneration-christopher-williams-theophalis-wilson-20200106.html

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#Forensics: Faked cop ballistics may lead to review of 4K convictions. 

Posted on December 29, 2019 by csidds

Faked credentials and forgery in another State crime lab. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/-safety/firearms-expert-forged-signatures-on-lab-reports-maryland-state-police-say/2019/12/28/67b49116-1c34-11ea-87f7-f2e91143c60d_story.html

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#Forensics: open-access forensic science information sources. Its FREE😀

Posted on December 4, 2019 by csidds

This cite contains forensics-related articles, books and databases. Impressive. https://sites.google.com/view/forensicscience-openaccess/home

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Forensics: A compendium on the failure of the US death penalty. 

Posted on December 3, 2019 by csidds

On societal, legal and moral grounds. By Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith.  https://theintercept.com/series/the-condemned/

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#FORENSICS: When the crime scene evidence never gets to the crime lab. Sadly, both are managed by the same people. Says alot about the future of cop DNA testing.

Posted on November 29, 2019 by csidds

From the great state of Orange County, California. https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article237862684.html

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