Latest News on Forensic Science and Criminal Law
-
Join 223 other subscribers
Category Archives: forensic science misconduct
Forensics: The Movement Behind the Texas Judge and the Junk Science Poised to Block Access to Mifepristone
Thanks to Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, the Christian right has found a court in Texas where it thinks it can win rulings that erode abortion access even in states keeping it legal. — Read on http://www.thenation.com/article/society/mifepristone-texas-abortion-medication/
Forensics: Lie detection tests have worked the same way for 3,000 years – and they’re still hopelessly inaccurate
Most methods for detecting lies actually detect signs of stress – which makes them extremely unreliable. — Read on theconversation.com/lie-detection-tests-have-worked-the-same-way-for-3-000-years-and-theyre-still-hopelessly-inaccurate-200741
Forensics: Looking Back: Forensic Fraud in Child Abuse Cases | Coerced plea deals and hidden fraud
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which — Read on http://www.davisvanguard.org/2023/02/looking-back-forensic-fraud-in-child-abuse-cases-2/
Forensics: Subjective and Contradictory opinions. Interpreting Blood Stain Patterns: Science or Speculation?
In the TV-show Dexter, the titular character leads a double life as both a forensic scientist and a serial killer. Dexter’s unique forensic… — Read on http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx
Forensics: False guilty pleas and marginalized defendants. New wrongful convictions database spurs hope of reforms, change in Canada
As the database launches there are 83 cases in it where a conviction was overturned, with only 16 of them involved Indigenous people. — Read on globalnews.ca/news/9499324/wrongful-convictions-database-reforms-change-canada/
Forensics: “Cargo Cult”experts. We Need To Get Junk Science Out of Courtrooms
Forensic pseudoscience introduced into the courtroom has been used to convict and render death on people based on the thinnest of evidence. — Read on http://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/01/we-need-to-get-junk-science-out-of-courtrooms
Forensics: Another tabloid sensation. Uranium found at Heathrow Airport
Last week there was a flurry of stories about the discovery of uranium in a shipment of scrap metal. In a highly speculative story British tabloid, The Sun mentioned that the uranium could be used to make a “dirty bomb.” … Continue reading
Forensics: Biases and Tunnel Vision. Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats | Science
Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats | Science | AAAS — Read on http://www.science.org/content/article/unlucky-numbers-fighting-murder-convictions-rest-shoddy-stats
Forensics: Inept Austin crime lab results in Supreme Court Reverses Texas Court Decision Based on Prosecutor’s Admission About Flawed Forensic Evidence
Supreme Court has reversed the denial of relief to a Texas death-row prisoner whose request for new trial is supported by local prosecutors. The Travis… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/supreme-court-reverses-texas-court-decision-based-on-prosecutors-admission-about-flawed-forensic-evidence
FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends 