Category Archives: forensic science reform

Real talk about forensics and real science: ex AAFS president is interested about forensic mistakes, DNA from bitemarks, + more.

Posted on June 6, 2014 by csidds

This blog has reached 6,000 hits since its inception. Thank you all for being involved!  Cheers Mike Bowers  Please consider subscribing to this blog. ====================================== Real science POV. Forcing Change In Forensic Science.  http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i19/Forcing-Change-Forensic-Science.html … via @cenmag A world apart is the … Continue reading →

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Bitemark Identification Debunked? : People are still teaching dentists unreliable forensics

Posted on May 20, 2014 by csidds

Sunday’s New York Times  piece on how “DNA Changed Forensic Science” was also an allegory. Much is in writing in the media about the deficiencies of bitemark identification. The 2009 landmark National Academies of Science Report on “Strengthening the Forensic … Continue reading →

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NY Times: “DNA Analysis Exposes an Inexact Forensic Science” + Bitemark Cases

Posted on May 19, 2014 by csidds

For over 2 decades, the US press has used “inexact” in writing about certain forensic methods which are used to convict criminal defendants. Bitemark experts included. Here is the latest from the New York Times. It uses the debunked FBI’s … Continue reading →

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Comments on the White House 2014 report on “Strengthening Forensic Science”

Posted on May 17, 2014 by csidds

Opinions from a forensic examiner. This material contains excerpts from the WH 2014 Forensic Science Report .  My comments (in bold) are added in certain sections. The Report excerpts are in italics. See the full report here. =========================================== EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF … Continue reading →

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Bitemark Case Law: The Judicial failure by accepting bitemark experts as “qualified to identify” defendants

Posted on May 15, 2014 by csidds

“Bitemark Identification” acceptance stems from this list of appellate cases starting in 1975 (Marx). This is a short list of the seminal cases (allowing the jury of decide the evidence declared to be science) that flowed from this first appellate … Continue reading →

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