Category Archives: forensic pathology

Forensics: Op-Ed: Criminal Confessions, Forensic Bias

Posted on March 4, 2021 by csidds

Dr. Melinek knows her stuff. Cops influence suspects and then move onto the forensic pathologists with false confessions. She mentions a recent joint paper on racial bias in forensic decision-making that adds proof to the presence of bias and resistance … Continue reading →

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Forensics: The ABFO bitemarkers have closed the door on US forensic dentistry training.

Posted on March 2, 2021 by csidds

Dental students love to see lectures about forensics. Thank you CSI. I have talked with dental students at Ostrow USC for decades in short seminar format. My principal topic is human identification. The bitemark portion talks about DNA collection from … Continue reading →

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Forensics: A comparison of computed tomography, X‐ray and Lodox® scans in assessing pediatric skull fractures using piglets – Spies – – Journal of Forensic Sciences – Wiley Online Library

Posted on February 3, 2021 by csidds

No magic bullet but actual cross-modality imagery testing is valuable. A comparison of computed tomography, X‐ray and Lodox® scans in assessing pediatric skull fractures using piglets – Spies – – Journal of Forensic Sciences – Wiley Online Library — Read … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Many to blame? How America’s deadliest serial killer went undetected for more than 40 years

Posted on December 2, 2020 by csidds

Samuel Little says he killed 93 people, preying on women from the margins of society. Again and again, police across the country failed to stop him. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/samuel-little-serial-killer/part-one/

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Forensics: Colombia: New Evidence Prisoners Were Intentionally Shot | Human Rights Watch

Posted on November 25, 2020 by csidds

Police brutality in Columbia. A new report by international forensic experts commissioned by Human Rights Watch points to the intentional killing of detainees during a prison riot in March 2020 in Colombia. — Read on http://www.hrw.org/news/2020/11/24/colombia-new-evidence-prisoners-were-intentionally-shot

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Forensics: San Francisco DA Posts List Of Cases Possibly Impacted By Forensic Lab Analyst Misconduct – CBS San Francisco

Posted on November 21, 2020 by csidds

Thousands of cases. 500 death cases. Says to call your defense attorney. How proactive. The San Francisco District Attorney’s office on Friday posted an extensive list of cases that could be affected the misconduct of a forensic lab analyst who … Continue reading →

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Forensics: “Snake oil” cures proliferate: Ben Carson says he used unproven COVID-19 treatment recommended by MyPillow CEO

Posted on November 19, 2020 by csidds

Do not do this at home. Or anywhere. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said in a new interview that he took oleander extract, an unapproved herbal supplement that has been promoted by the CEO of MyPillow, after contracting COVID-1 … Continue reading →

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Forensics: expert carried human heads of serial killer’s victims on flight to Glasgow from Italy – Daily Record

Posted on November 16, 2020 by csidds

Ive used a cardbox box sealed with crime scene tape. Fit in the overhead nicely. Dame Professor Sue Black brought the grim packages from Verona to Glasgow after being asked to help Italian colleagues investigating a serial killer . — … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Use of scientifically flawed bitemarker evidence gets Seaside man a new sentence.

Posted on November 7, 2020 by csidds

Sounds like another ABFO bitemarker (from Oregon?) has joined the list of dentists discredited as being believers in junk science. That makes abt 30 having had ABFO membership. Many have been presidents of this bunch of +/-100. Somehow the august … Continue reading →

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Forensics: A Black Death mass grave at Thornton Abbey: the discovery and examination of a fourteenth-century rural catastrophe

Posted on October 30, 2020 by csidds

Unfortunately, a contemporary issue we are experiencing via Covid. A Black Death mass grave at Thornton Abbey: the discovery and examination of a fourteenth-century rural catastrophe – Volume 94 Issue 373 — Read on http://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/black-death-mass-grave-at-thornton-abbey-the-discovery-and-examination-of-a-fourteenthcentury-rural-catastrophe/E0CC072A347CD3E91116DFB5133505F5/share/8f3d4b4a447ed6755d1d63a5b4359aead0957e62

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