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Forensics: Money making Detection Dog Program | Global Forensic and Justice Center | Florida International University
Let us see some data, on false positives, negatives, and blinded dog handler protocols. They always start by saying how dogs have more olfactory capabilities and then use their “successes” rather than proper testing methods. Here is a recent article … Continue reading
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Forensics: How is this considered reliable? Should a dog’s sniff be enough to convict a person of murder? | Science | AAAS
Should a dog’s sniff be enough to convict a person of murder? | Science | AAAS — Read on http://www.science.org/content/article/should-dog-s-sniff-be-enough-convict-person-murder
Forensics: #ForensicOdontology Another victim of America’s greatest forensics fraudster has been exonerated – The Washington Post
Radley Balko has co-authored with Tucker Carrington ‘The Cadver King and the Country Dentist.” This WP piece is just a glimpse into how courts keep supporting over-reaching and fradulent “forensic scientists.” The number of experts who can claim to have … Continue reading
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Forensics: Online CLE & MCLE | A Failure of Forensics
A Failure of Forensics. A CLE and MCLE accredited interview with Professor Brandon Garrett and Dr. Peter Stout — Read on http://www.talksonlaw.com/talks/a-failure-in-forensics
Forensics: UK review of 9 years after the FSS shutdown. The Risks of Doing Forensics on the Cheap
The Risks of Doing Forensics on the Cheap | The Crime Report — Read on thecrimereport.org/2021/09/22/the-perils-of-doing-forensics-on-the-cheap/
Forensics: Fingerprint error rate on close non‐matches
Bursting a major fingerprint fallacy of infallibility. Fingerprint error rates. — Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1556-4029.14580
Forensics: Australian scientists speak out over ‘incredibly dangerous’ shaken baby prosecutions
Australian scientists speak out over ‘incredibly dangerous’ shaken baby prosecutions – The Justice Gap — Read on http://www.thejusticegap.com/australian-scientists-speak-out-over-incredibly-dangerous-shaken-baby-prosecutions/
Forensics: Not good. Accuracy and reproducibility of conclusions by forensic bloodstain pattern analysts – ScienceDirect
Accuracy and reproducibility of conclusions by forensic bloodstain pattern analysts – ScienceDirect — Read on http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073821001766
Forensics: @The_AAFS needs to act on the continued promotion and use of bitemarks for any purpose. The Junk Science the Justice System Depends on Is a Joke
From bullet prints to hair strands to bite marks to fire analysis, an awful lot of the forensic science simply doesn’t hold up, even as courts keep allowing for it. — Read on http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-junk-science-the-justice-system-depends-on-is-a-joke
Forensics: Commercial medical drug tracking algorithm mistakes. The Pain Was Unbearable. So Why Did Doctors Turn Her Away? | WIRED
Nothing suprizing here. It tracks dog and cat Rxs as well. Cops use it. I dodged a bullet having 5 sick French bulldogs. A sweeping drug addiction risk algorithm has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. … Continue reading
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