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The unethical rule of politics in the US justice system described as “The Criminalization of Nearly Everything” + Forensic Science News
“The criminalization of nearly everything.” Podcast by journalist Radley Balko explaining the excessive amount and the maze of state and federal laws being overbroad, vague and nearly indefensible for defendants. This system can overwhelm the “presumed innocent until proven guilty” constitutional principle. This … Continue reading
Slap Shot At Over Blown Forensic Experts
Forensic Science Is Not CSI, in Ferguson or Anywhere Else – HuffPost Politics http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6356740?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics&partner=skygrid
Judge tosses out two types of DNA evidence used regularly in criminal cases
Judge tosses out two types of DNA evidence used regularly in criminal cases – Forensics in Focus EXCLUSIVE: Justice Mark Dwyer has ditched the results of low copy number DNA testing and Forensic Statistical Tool from the cases of Andrew … Continue reading
Junk Forensic Science Shows Up at the 2015 American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting – Again
Forensic science fails in specific controversial areas of wherein “classic” investigation methods, never brought forth by the scientific method, are still posing as “business as usual.”. Think of the “matches” you hear about on TV. Ignore DNA and Toxicology. This is … Continue reading
More on the CSI myth in forensic science
The case described in the first link is Gerard Richardson, not Henderson. I have written past articles on his conviction aided via a small cadre of bitemark experts. The second link is today’s op-ed from the Huff Post about similar … Continue reading
New Australian law on “new” forensic evidence releases man after 20rs in prison
Forensic opine by Patholgist at 1995 conviction appears to have been mere theory. Does that sound familiar? Unlike California Supreme Court’s recent pathetic statement that opinions on forensic evidence is “not true or false.” What a dumb legal basis to … Continue reading
14 year old executed in 1944 gets conviction tossed, Forensics reform, 1st A rights of a police chief takes a hit, and some forensic research
Forensic reform Statistics and the NIST Committee on forensic science. Apparently each working group (OSAC) gets its own stat person. “This subcommittee will focus on standards and guidelines related to examination of body fluids or tissues for the presence and quantity … Continue reading
The Nasty World of forensic dentistry bitemark opinions – Forensic News from the US
The Nasty world of bitemark opinions. At least five cases of forensic lab misconduct in the last 2 years. Some ballistics and trace exams discontinued as “too time consuming.” Most trace is merely associative (not identifying a specific person or … Continue reading
More on the physical evidence from Ferguson from WaPo
This opinion includes graphics and an observation that protestors and others don’t seem to care what the forensic evidence suggests and affirms. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/11/28/the-physical-evidence-in-the-michael-brown-case-supported-the-officer/
#Forensics A story about science vs those who pretend science.
This is the case that destroyed the reputation of a forensic method long considered suspect outside the realm of the American Academy of Forensic Science. https://csidds.com/2014/05/01/ray-krones-exoneration-from-bitemark-evidence-the-inside-story-csidds/
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