Latest News on Forensic Science and Criminal Law
-
Join 227 other subscribers
Category Archives: facial recognition
Forensics: British CSI case. An elderly man frightened to death. Impressive team.
Posted in Crime, DNA profiling, facial recognition, police crime labs
Leave a comment
Forensics: More Junk Cop Forensics. AI Led to Her Wrongful Arrest for Carjacking at 8 Months Pregnant
Police falsely accused Porcha Woodruff of carjacking after misusing facial recognition technology, which experts say has built-in racial biases. — Read on people.com/porcha-woodruff-arrest-ai-facial-recognition-7966714
Forensics: When skull measurements considered ethnic superiority. Anténor Firmin challenged anthropology’s racist roots 150 years ago
In The Equality of the Human Races, Haitian scholar Anténor Firmin showed that science did not support division among the races. — Read on http://www.sciencenews.org/article/antenor-firmin-anthropology-racism-haiti
Forensics: #NamUS Do you recognize these faces? Help crack the case on these 8 unidentified men found dead in Central Virginia
If these faces look familiar, you may have what it takes to help identify these men found dead in separate locations across Central Virginia as far back as 1988. — Read on http://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/do-you-recognize-these-faces-help-crack-the-case-on-these-8-unidentified-men-found-dead-in-central-virginia/
Forensics: How a former anthropology student in Ohio led police to identify two men missing for decades – CBS News
A tip, modern technology and a call from a former anthropology student led to the identification of the two men who went missing decades ago. — Read on http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-police-missing-men-cold-cases-youngstown-layette/
Posted in AAFS, DNA profiling, facial recognition, missing persons
Leave a comment
Forensics: The Innocence Projects’ plans for its next 30 years.
innocenceproject.org/in-the-vanguard-of-justice-reform-the-road-ahead/
Forensics: Full of false equivalencies. Op-ed claims ‘The face of hysteria: New York must preserve facial recognition as a tool for law enforcement ‘ – New York Daily News
Terrific example of “use it and fix it later.” Ive heard the same about phrenology and bitemarks as recently presented at #AAFS2021. Here is how the NYPD manipulates video evidence. Ridiculous. The op-ed is below these images. The Minneapolis City … Continue reading
Forensics: Its not facial recognition. We scanned the DNA of 8,000 people to see how facial features are controlled by genes
This is a legitimate first start. Many other loci yet to be studied. This has potential for studying genetic disorders. Phenotyping from DNA is still junk. Like it or not, the facial feature most influenced by your genes is your … Continue reading
Forensics: Genetic phenotyping takes another hit. Man in sketch doesn’t look like suspect in killing of Sherry Black | KUTV
The commercial software and gene-reading developer says otherwise. What a joke. HTwenty-nine-year-old Adam Durborrow, the man arrested on suspicion of killing South Salt Lake bookstore owner Sherry Black in 2010, bears no resemblance to a suspect sketch released three years … Continue reading
Forensics: Convicted by software? Not so fast, says California lawmaker
The statements from the go to cop DNA mixture guru at TrueAllele continues to be self serving and problematic. Ive heard similar claims of accuracy from palm readers on TV. Doesnt seem to bother him much. Democratic Rep. Mark Takano … Continue reading
FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends 