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Forensic News with some real strange events
Taking evidence interpretation to a whole new level: The lawyer who shot himself proving his case http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28805895 … Pure conjecture at this point: James Foley killer ‘unmasked’ by U.S. forensics http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/08/27/James-Foley-killer-unmasked-by-U-S-experts-.html … via @AlArabiya_Eng ?? about shooting = DOJ probe … Continue reading
It’s “Proper” Forensic Sci Week, FBI celebrates Dahmer case, and more
The article is here. Forensics | Gov. Pence Issues Proclamation Declaring “Proper” Forensic Science week. That is an interesting disclaimer. I guess its not “Improper” forensic science week. Uhm, there must be a story behind who writes for the governor … Continue reading
Top 9 examples of what junk forensic science is all about
Video Shows Controversial Forensic Specialist Michael West Fabricating Bite Marks via HuffPostCrime Australian grad student says she can narrow down bullet lead components to specific companies = 97% accuracy. So what? The FBI decommissioned “bullet lead” (actually a misnomer) a … Continue reading
FBI hair comparison fiasco proves non DNA innocence cases are viable, when forensic science advances
CSIDDS JUST ARRIVED AT 7,000 VIEWS. THANKS FOR FOLLOWING! There are some who think that only DNA testing after criminal convictions can generate an exoneration. Well, that is not exactly true. The FBI has admitted that their decades long use … Continue reading
Forensic Science White Wash: Why do US forensic associations continue to ignore the risks of more erroneous convictions ?
Answer: Its not in their agenda to admit mistakes and they most assuredly hate criticism. The National Commission on the Forensic Sciences is the effect of the AAFS and other groups in failing to initiate their own investigations of these … Continue reading
#Forensics – Body part snatchers in Norway, faked DNA results in Houston, and more…
Shades of Burke and Hare in 1800 Edinburgh. Body snatching in Norway. Or maybe its “body part” snatching.” Researchers removed organs from 1,000 dead Norwegians without consent http://tinyurl.com/oz3o7u8 via @allvoices Criminals leave no prints behind. Over 30,000 PA suspects and felons unrecorded by police chiefs. … Continue reading
How NOT to do a forensic interview. From 2004.
Sometimes being interviewed can result in unexpected consequences. Try one of my best, from 2004. The Q and A format is trite but provided me with some opportunities. ========================================================== “Dr. Bowers has an amazingly good sense of humor. We requested … Continue reading
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Real talk about forensics and real science: ex AAFS president is interested about forensic mistakes, DNA from bitemarks, + more.
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
Forensic in Focus: From Witch hunts, criminal justice to some not so real forensic science.
Proof that CJ is not “always right.” TN exoneration joins growing number of innocence cases. Bitemarks included. 1 of 25 are innocent. Prosecutorial misconduct in Japan. Japan’s Authoritarian Criminal Justice System. Tells the Facts, Names the Names The American Board … Continue reading
Bitemark Identification Debunked? : People are still teaching dentists unreliable forensics
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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