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Forensics: False positives revealed. Fingerprint database error rates seen in close non‐matches – Koehler – 2021 – Journal of Forensic Sciences @The_AAFS
Too bad this is pay-for-view. Abstract only. Jay Koehler has a remarkable ability to record the weak underbelly of forensic claims of reliability. Fingerprinters clearly used the self-assurances of being error-free. Just like the bitemarkers of AAFS/ABFO. At least the … Continue reading
Forensics: Bad ballistics. Patrick Pursley gets certificate of innocence after wrongful conviction
Patrick Pursley was awarded a certificate of innocence in the 1993 murder of Andy Ascher of Rockford. Pursley spent 23 years in prison before he was granted a new trial. — Read on http://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2021/02/26/patrick-pursley-gets-certificate-innocence-after-wrongful-conviction/6814469002/
Forensics: Here’s how ICE sent children seeking asylum to adult detention centers with help from AAFS/ABFO bitemarker advocate….
How this dentist thinks wisdom teeth root shape is a biological birthday card is beyond my comprehension. ICE continues to disobey Congressional orders to stop dental and bone scans on minors seeking asylum in the U.S. — Read on http://www.salon.com/2018/05/12/heres-how-ice-sent-children-seeking-asylum-to-adult-detention-centers_partner/
Forensics: Reusing old anti-vax tropes. Lipid nanoparticles: The antivax “toxins gambit” reborn for COVID-19 vaccines
Starts off with a little molecular -biology. Remember those classes? Ribosomes, aminos, mRNA, protein synthesis? Then go into the bat-shit mumbo-jumbo of the anti-vax quacks. Stuff like “neuro-toxicity” and “gene splicing” drivel. Junk science popularized just like the bitemark crowd … Continue reading
Forensics: Biden’s Science Adviser Pick Could Advance Justice Reforms – Law360
This article portrays all the many players involved in both promoting and inhibiting evidence-based advances in certain forensic methods. It mentions bitemark evidence and the racial inequities of bad science on POC seeking exonerations. This arguing about junk forensic science … Continue reading
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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: Cognitive bias in forensic pathology decisions – Journal of Forensic Sciences
This study determined a group of National Association of Medical Examiner pathologists have a predilection to determine death of black children 5x more likely as homicide compared to dead white kids. NAME also takes the position that the ABFO bitemarker … Continue reading
Forensics: Sentenced to death, but innocent: These are stories of justice gone wrong. National Geographic @The_AAFS
In depth discussion and interviews. Includes Ray Krone who was put on death row by AAFS/ABFO bite dentist, Ray Rawson. The DA in his case spent $50K for the dental expert. The defense got $1500. Ray’s family petitioned the ABFO … Continue reading
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
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