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Progressive DAs get backlash from their “lock-em-up” peers like Michael Ramos
District Attorney Aramis D. Ayala of Orlando, FL is getting targeted for realizing that the death penalty is only in play in 0.01% of her criminal cases and is much too expensive to pursue. Elected Senior Prosecutors and police chiefs … Continue reading
Leading Australian state DNA analyst seems to be in a bit of a pickle
This one article ( from a large collection) about a very senior Western Australia DNA prosecutorial lab DNA scientist raises a bunch of questions on his decades long case work. Here are some key comments: State’s leading DNA expert sacked. … Continue reading
Today’s #Forensic News around the Globe: Crime rate within crime labs increasing
From the archives. Smithsonian talks about the career of a very reclusive founding father of scientific approaches to trace evidence analysis who worked from 1929 to 1954. Some called him “Detective X.” Somehow he determined the ransom notes in the Lindberg kidnapping … Continue reading
2016 Top Ten Forensic Science Posts
The year’s most read posts from Forensics in Focus. Happy New Year. What is a partial forensic DNA “match”? Obstinate DA pursues new trial in William Richards’ case. PCAST: Forensic science reform gets knee-jerk backlash from law enforcement. Top 9 … Continue reading
Felonious toxicologist ran Maricopa AZ crime lab for years
Deep dark secrets and a little help from his police colleagues got toxicologist Norman Wade rehired after running away from a California conviction (in my home town) and making it big again in Arizona. Seems he fit well into the … Continue reading
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Tagged expert perjury, fraud, perjury
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Bickering Bitemark Analysts need to read this: Chemists’ guidelines and expectations on science
The American Chemical Society has taken a very proactive position in reinforcing scientific standards through its involvement in forensic reform and progress. A notable aspect of this group is its university and industrial component membership base that conforms to legitimate … Continue reading
A federal prosecutor’s technical spy expert gets some egg in a high-level espionage case dismissal
In a rare example of feds turning from a prosecution, with all their tech resources in science, the recently dismissed spy charges against US Temple University physics professor Xi Xiaoxing is rare. He was accused of sending technical information [ … Continue reading
Forensics: Anti-cognitive bias training, limitations of science testimony, politicos and rape kits in NYC
Peter Neufeld, co-founder of The Innocence Project, will speak at the University of St. Thomas as part of a symposium on forensic science this month. “When the Gavel Falls…Limitations of Scientific Testimony” Thursday, September 17, 2015 8:00 AM to 4:00 … Continue reading
SF Police Chief Loses a $2M grant for rape kits. His Crime lab is “maxed out.” Plus Murder around the world.
S.F. Police Chief Greg Suhr during a news conference speaks about an audit of the crime lab’s DNA unit, which has come under fire for faking results, as well as other police misconduct, at the Hall of Justice, Friday, April … Continue reading
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Tagged AAFS, ABFO, American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Bad forensic science, bitemark, Bitemarks, California Innocence Project, Claim of Innocence, crime labs, Criminal Justice, district attorney, DNA profiling, Exculpatory Evidence, FBI Crime Lab, junk forensic science, Miscarriage of justice, rape kits
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Forensics: Prosecutor and crime lab workers not immune to civil rights suit: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Nothing much more to say, than, OMG. Everyone expects this to get moved upstream to the US Supremes. They have said “nay nay” to these lawsuits since the Connick v. Thompson SCOTUS decision. (originally from Louisiana). This plantiff is named Armstrong. … Continue reading
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Tagged crime labs, Criminal Justice, district attorney, DNA profiling, innocence project, Miscarriage of justice, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful convictions
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