Latest News on Forensic Science and Criminal Law
-
Join 223 other subscribers
Category Archives: expert testimony
Forensics: DAs play the blame game regarding their misconduct case reviews. Do not want independent oversight.
Forensics: Better fact check your resume. No specifics given. Very bad PR. Digital expertise is a very broad subject.
Posted in expert testimony, Forensic Science
Leave a comment
ð§ªForensics: Typical dispute on âwho is an expert?â Ex cop opposing a trained ER doc. Will judge allow second ‘dog bite’ expert to testify in the Read case?
Bwww.patriotledger.com/story/news/courts/2025/02/13/karen-read-trial-dog-bite-expert-testimony/78528773007/
Posted in expert testimony
Leave a comment
Forensics: Legal bullet expert doubts state’s bullet evidence against Richard Allen. Tech did not record negative results and did not test multiple weapons taken from double murder crime scene.
CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. â The only piece of hard evidence presented before jurors in the Richard Allen double murder trial in Delphi that supposedly directly ties the defendant to the killings of Abby Williams and Libby German in 2017 is … Continue reading
Forensics: âShaken babyâ myth condemned him. Texas junk science law reason for temporary stay in death row execution
Robert Roberson, the first person scheduled to be executed over âshaken baby syndromeâ in the death of his daughter, won a stay of execution in Texas. â Read on http://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/texas-junk-science-law-reason-for-temporary-stay-of-execution/
Forensics: How forensic dentists ruin innocent lives
I have co-existed with these dentists for decades. Some are sincere and thoughtful. Others are raging egotists. None are trained as a âscientist .â The outrageous cases like McCroryâs (see the link below) over the last 2 decades have led … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, criminal justice reform, death penalty, DNA profiling, Exoneration costs, expert testimony, forensic fraud, forensic pathology, Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform, forensic science reform protecting the innocence, forensic testimony, human rights violations, junk forensic science, missing persons, namus, Ray Krone bitemark case, wrongful convictions
Leave a comment
Forensics: Getting rid of bitemark believers. Updated Evidence Rule Warns Judges Against Junk Science
Changes to a new federal rule of evidence will go into effect on Friday, reminding judges that they should be extra vigilant about not allowing âjunk scienceâ from expert witnesses to reach juries. â Read on news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-benefits/updated-evidence-rule-warns-judges-against-junk-science
Forensics: 44 exoneration cases involving bitemark opinions had a 77% error rate. The Impact of False or Misleading Forensic Evidence on Wrongful Convictions | National Institute of Justice
Wrongful conviction, or the conviction of a person for a crime that they did not commit, is one of the greatest travesties of the criminal justice system. As of 2023, The National Registry of Exonerations has recorded over 3,000 cases … Continue reading
FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends 