Category Archives: human rights violations

Forensic experts identifying war and disaster victims

Posted on August 29, 2019 by csidds

There is not enough funding to do this properly. Volunteers are commonly not reimbursed. Politicians ignore the dead. https://phys.org/news/2019-08-humanitarian-forensic-scientists-dead-comfort.html

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Autopsy Offers New Details On the Death of A Guatemalan Migrant Child

Posted on July 28, 2019 by csidds

Autopsy Offers New Details On the Death of A Guatemalan Migrant Child — Read on http://www.texasmonthly.com/news/autopsy-details-death-guatemalan-migrant-child/amp/ Pathologists reviewing this and other migrant children deaths include @drjudymelinek. Physical and medical neglect of these innocent children is abhorent and are classic human … Continue reading →

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Toothless Texas inmates denied dentures in state prison – Houston Chronicle

Posted on September 26, 2018 by csidds

Toothless Texas inmates denied dentures in state prison – Houston Chronicle — Read on http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Toothless-Texas-inmates-denied-dentures-in-state-13245169.php Reading towards the bottom of this shows that ex-lawyers ( the US Supreme Court in 1976 ) determined the “standard of care” for prison inmates … Continue reading →

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The Senseless Legal Precedent That Enables Wrongful Convictions | The New Republic

Posted on September 24, 2018 by csidds

The top of the legal pyramid in the US claim Constitutional rights and associated case law do not “extend” to pre-trial negotiations. This affects 95% of criminal cases that occur in the country. This regressive thinking puts other cases influencing … Continue reading →

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The World’s largest Science Org blasts Forensic latent fingerprints for unsupportable opinions

Posted on March 3, 2018 by csidds

The AAAS is relatively new to reviewing forensics, but it has taken on pattern-matchers with the full force of its multidisciplinary membership. Its candor is a refreshing look into latent print matching experts. The AAAS has no law enforcement affiliations … Continue reading →

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Exonerations in the News: the myth of “worst of the worst”

Posted on November 4, 2016 by csidds

Justin Brooks and Brian Banks From the WrongfulConvictionsBlog Michigan Radio: Poor and black more likely to be wrongfully convicted… Star Tribune: Innocence Project questions Thomas Rhodes’ murder conviction in wife’s death near Spicer… Nebraska Radio Network: Kirk Bloodsworth brings his … Continue reading →

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Forensics in Thailand shows an ugly lack of fairness in Aussie double murder case.

Posted on January 9, 2016 by csidds

Here’s another case where human rights and so-called use of  “forensic science”  have little in common. A notable Thai forensic expert denounces the forensic “proof” left unavailable to defendants’ lawyers in this murder of two Australian tourists. Politics ran away … Continue reading →

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