Category Archives: forensic science reform protecting the innocence
Overreaching judge bans autopsy report on subject of police restraint Cause of Death
Here’s a rather strange ruling that short-stops criminal investigators looking into the manner (homicide, accidental or natural?) of an adult females’s death while in police custody. I’m assuming the legal theory on excluding a medical examiner’s report is that it … Continue reading
Genetic ‘Stop and Frisk’ not such of a magic bullet after all – Familial DNA issues
It seems that most police sciences get validated (at least some do) AFTER the cops start using it. While DNA profiling is considered the ‘gold standard’ for identification (not DNA mixtures, however), this run-up to its use as a … Continue reading
The culture of forensic lab fraud and incompetence continues to damage lives
Massachusetts set to dismiss up to 24,000 cases. (Drug testing) Florida has 2600 affected cases. (Fingerprints) Texas DNA lab may have up to 5,000 affected cases. Ohio crime lab tech may have 30 years of suspicious and prosecution biased casework. … Continue reading
Speakers before House Judiciary on Forensic Sciences
March 28, 2017 ‘To Examine the State of Forensic Science in the United States’ Four prepared statements to be discussed in DC. There are four presenters (read the last one FIRST): Victor Weedn: has a ‘politically correct’ statement about the … Continue reading
Framing the Innocent with planted #Forensics evidence and lying cops
Not just a myth or a fictional plot line. This article starts in Cleveland OH and references other examples where people ‘of color’ with criminal histories get thrown into jail. In Cleveland, three police went there too. It’s called ‘framing’ … Continue reading
Objections and questions on the feds taking over total management of US forensic science standards
Date: March 14, 2017 Re: Comments Concerning Proposed Office of Forensic Science within the DOJ To: AAFS Board of Directors From the following AAFS Jurisprudence Section members: Peter Neufeld Barry Scheck Christine Funk Hon. Christopher Plourd Hon. Pam King Hon. … Continue reading
Fifty years of teaching Scientific Forensics in US Law Schools – More is needed
Forensics and criminal law are subjects that are increasingly being included in mainstream legal training in the US. There are prestigious law schools that have risen to the challenges that, to some of us, seems obvious. Major changes have occurred … Continue reading
Already in use in Germany, voice recognition software ID’s a person’s ethnicity?
Need some tips about the excessive hope in digital comparisons of a person’s language dialect? This has been going on in the EU for years. Linguist’s now use it for their opinions on refugee status. Who tests them for reliability? … Continue reading
Turnaround times for rape kit testing are abysmal – Crime labs Forensics overloaded with drugs
Here’s a look at police crime labs around the US abilities to produce timely rape kit testing. One might infer that DNA testing of other crimes and the ‘war on drugs’ has sapped funding capabilities. I don’t hear the US … Continue reading
Hair and Bite Marks back in the News as “Worst Forensic Evidence”
‘Junk forensic science’ topics continue to show up in the media in conjunction with the growing numbers of overturned convictions assisted by forensic experts. See: The Registry of Exonerations. Here’s a couple of recent articles. The first talks about the … Continue reading
