Category Archives: Forensic Dentistry

Forensics: Australia needs a dedicated body for wrongful convictions

Professor David Hamer and Dr Andrew Dyer from Sydney Law School explain why Kathleen Folbigg’s pardon points to the need for a Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in Australia. — Read on http://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/06/06/australia-needs-a-dedicated-body-for-wrongful-convictions.html

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Forensics: Fake forensic scientist exposed as a sex predator is deemed too dangerous for jail release

EXCLUSIVE One of Britain’s most notorious conmen, who tricked judges into believing he was a respected forensic detective has been ruled still too dangerous to be released. — Read on http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12152473/Fake-forensic-scientist-exposed-sex-predator-deemed-dangerous-jail-release.html

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Forensics failure: Queensland forensic DNA lab sacks managing scientist Cathie Allen after inquiry

The inquiry found Cathie Allen lied to her immediate supervisor and senior police about the work of the lab, which is the key point of testing DNA for criminal cases. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-25/qld-dna-lab-mortuary-chief-scientist-sacked/102390212

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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

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Forensics: The Death Row Case of Ray Krone, the Beginning of the End of Bite Mark Evidence in the United States

Full article: The Death Row Case of Ray Krone, the Beginning of the End of Bite Mark Evidence in the United States — Read on http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19424396.2023.2210330

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Forensics: Bitemarkers Beware. The Good and Bad Legacies of Forensic Odontology

Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2023.2210331

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Forensics: Utter BS. Forensic Odontology Response to the NIST Report and CIFS

This is what the American Academy of Forensic Sciences certifies as a valid and reliable discipline for human identification. Of course, the obstinate bitemarker group claims it’s “new improvements” sanctify their continuing to deceice the criminal justice system. Forensic Odontology … Continue reading

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Forensics: Canine width of Bite marks on man prove death-row bear is innocent, say activists

The killing of a jogger in the Italian Alps by a brown bear has turned into a murder mystery after an animal rights group claimed that authorities had captured — Read on http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bite-marks-on-man-prove-death-row-bear-is-innocent-say-activists-z5hbjfktk

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Misapplication of Forensic Science – Innocence Project

Misapplied forensic science contributed to over half of our wrongful conviction cases and nearly a quarter of all wrongful conviction cases since 1989. — Read on innocenceproject.org/misapplication-of-forensic-science/

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Forensics: An ABFO bitemark dentist led to this mess. Taxpayers Sued for the wrongful conviction have a few weeks to respond.

The 10 counts in the complaint include violations of the 14th Amendment (right to due process); and civil rights violations. — Read on http://www.milforddailynews.com/story/news/local/2023/04/27/milford-massachusetts-gets-response-extension-on-wrongful-conviction-lawsuit/70129997007/

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