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Category Archives: CSI
“Point of Action” rapid DNA presents major lack of safeguards
These decidedly un-literary PR pieces from DNA companies boggle the mind regarding what they don’t say about reliability safeguards during the use of their “printer sized” machines located at the aptly named CSI style ” point of action.” Maybe they … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, criminal justice, CSI
Tagged DNA profiling, FBI Crime Lab, Forensic science
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Forensic dentist defends the Innocence Project against “Anti Forensic Science” AAFS/ABFO Accuser
The California Dental Association Journal, in its July 2015 publication presented a multi contributor article on forensic dentistry. Having good PR for the efforts of largely volunteer dentists doing human identification cases and being trained and available in mass disaster … Continue reading
Fabrication of bitemark evidence by dentists not proven according to 7th Circuit dismissal of Stinson civil suit
“Fabricated opinion evidence, for which the expert might not have qualified immunity, must be both wrong and known to be wrong by the expert,” Sykes explained (an appellant judge recently wrote this in WI). Its quite clear in Wisconsin that … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bite Marks, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice, CSI, death penalty
Tagged ABFO, American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Criminal Justice, discredited forensic science, falsified evidence, junk forensic science
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Its all about cheese for this bitemark expert
An overview of forensic dentistry in Australia. The author uses a 1954 cheeze bite case as a standout. Some what wrong as it misses all the faulty expert opines helping wrongful convictions. The remaining info on identifying human remains is … Continue reading
Posted in Bite Marks, Bitemarks, CSI, Forensic Dentistry
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US Army Crime Lab enters the realm of “personal DNA” sequencing looking for hair an eye color
Battele Inc’s research leader used to run the FBI DNA nuclear DNA unit. Now his company is coming into the big game of identifying human physical traits from genomic DNA “markers” (ie.e alleles) not used in current criminal science systems. … Continue reading
Deep into false forensic science from the FBI
Hair analysis ‘should be abolished,’ says wrongly incarcerated man 1978 Double murder. 37 years in prison. “He said that the pubic hair was microscopically similar to mine—microscopically similar.” Joseph Sledge was no saint, and the police knew it. Then … Continue reading
Some DAs wandering afar from ethical guidelines
Leaking prosecutors seem to be getting some attention from the FEDS. But they ultimately get slapped on the pinky finger. As in prosecutor Mike Nifong in the Duke rape railroad case getting one day in jail. Its even worse when … Continue reading
TX arson case of three decades ago gets a new trial and exposes the gap between science and prosecutions
A long read from Slate but is worth every minute. See how circumstantial evidence (the “bad man” and “liar” collar given to defendants,” and revived “memories” of eye witnesses from long ago impact defense attempts to reject the impregnable original … Continue reading
Forensics: Another case of a “recaptured” bitemark showing “unique” features matching one man in the world.
This comes in three parts: Part One This is the long range photo of a bitemark determined so by two ABFO bitemark dentists Michael Sobel and Tom David. Here is a color closeup on the left and a UV picture … Continue reading
‘This isn’t CSI’ : The science behind forensic toxicology
Taking a close look at why forensic tox is so complicated and takes weeks to months to complete. Unlike other medical tests, where technicians isolate a specific compound like cholesterol, Middleberg says that you don’t always know what you’re looking … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, CSI, forensic toxicology
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, CSI, Forensic science, forensic toxicology
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