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Enter the Dark Side of Forensics in the time of tRump and sEsSIonS
Its all about good forensics (a matter of opinion), weak forensics, and crap like bitemarks. And once again the Great Prosecutor wants to control all of it. This should make DA dudes like these guys very happy. Bite Marks and … Continue reading
JFK assassination records release brings optimistic response from celebrity pathologist
One thing for sure, Cyril Wecht is no forensic wallflower.
Bad grades over an eight year undergraduate term took down Austin crime lab tech
Fingers are pointing and blaming going on regarding this TX crime lab that got shut down largely by the TX Forensic Science Commission. Austin lab ‘bucking’ DNA standards for year. 2017 2016 problems with DNA in Austin lab. Future in … Continue reading
Human Identification : Desecrating mass graves in Iran : Amnesty International
Cloudy behavior of FL DNA labber causes a thunderstorm in hundreds of cases
The “interpretation” disputes on DNA blood mixtures is not going away. “Yet the allegations against Tracey [DNA guy] have only added fuel to the crime lab controversy, which had already forced prosecutors to tell defendants in about 2,000 closed cases … Continue reading
Ontario drug lab scandal broadens into total review of its forensic system
Teeth have nothing to do with this story of forensic scandal. Unfortunately, no US government agency deems it necessary to review 40 years of junk bitemark opinions. Canada is looking at its crime labs. Drug testing from hair and blood … Continue reading
Photography at crime scenes from the 19th century – Bertillon and Sherlock Holmes
This suspicious fellow is Alphonse Bertillon who started photographing crime scenes in Paris in 1888. He is credited with the ‘mugshot’ protocol and discredited for putting handwriting comparisons in the Dreyfus wrongful conviction into a junk science category. Link to … Continue reading
A brilliant researcher going after biased ‘facial recognition’ decision making software
Smile: One half of the US population have their faces in a facial recognition program. This “A white mask worked better” story is about an incredibly talented young researcher, ironically from Mississippi, who is performing anti-bias testing and other validation work … Continue reading
Experts and lawyers going long with opinions on ‘self-inflicted’ vs ‘vicious murder’
Surely a circus is in town (South Africa) at this trial with lawyers and esteemed professors of slashes and cuts and lawyers acting as substitute experts at a multiple murder trial. It appears that all in the family had defensive … Continue reading
A partial look at fingerprint error distribution : False Exclusions only studied
I do think ‘false positives’ have been eradicated from police crime lab vernacular. This FSI article went after “false negatives’ as they say their literature is all about ‘individuation.’ Seems a bit non-sequitor to me as their study is in … Continue reading
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