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How new DNA system creates added challenges with profiling
This company’s PR article tries to calm concerns about DNA-17 results which requires adjunct software to unravel what is called “background” DNA. This issue is directly related to the Washington DC crime lab (and earlier here) credentialing suspension three weeks ago. … Continue reading
J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI legacy. What a veteran FBI crime lab whistle blower says about the “science” in forensics
J. Edgar Hoover’s legacy of “we always get our man” has a dark side. Dr. Frederick Whitehurst explains in this piece that, gut feelings, amateur research, cultural expediency and arrogance has been in the FBI’s DNA for decades. The Marshal Project … Continue reading
Forensics: inadequate CSI murder scene work exposed on TV show
Police really messed up this “open and shut” murder case. Article Another example of a botched forensic path health history diagnosis which led to mother spending 9 years in prison. Article Here we go now with footprints “approaching uniqueness.’ The … Continue reading
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Cops try to minimize crime lab’s 5 year failure to supervise
Nothing looks more silly than a cop telling the public five years of his crime lab’s malfeasance is nothing to worry about. A jury seems not to care either. http://m.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/doubts-about-failed-dna-technician-surfaced-in-2010/Content?oid=2925589
The myth of government-run crime lab impartiality is revealed
Former crime lab employee gets the boot for being a defense expert outside his state, sues the county government, its DA and police chief. So much for impartiality myth of police run forensic labs. The courts expect the “whole truth” from … Continue reading
Who says politics isn’t in Forensics? DAs in DC expect too much from DNA lab
DNA mixtures (multiple person DNA blood samples) interpretation disagreement raises DC prosecutors to backlash against respected DC crime lab director Max Houck and his $200 million facility. He says different statistical methods produces varying opinions and he has setup a … Continue reading
Forensics : Prosecutorial misconduct, exonerations and the Politics of Criminal Justice
From the Wrongful Convictions blog: “Prosecutorial arrogance and tunnel vision” plus more CJ and its politics http://wp.me/p2224n-4NX via @WrongConvBlog Not another one! But the best version I’ve read about this serial case from the 1880’s. “Forensic Scientist Claims To … 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
#Forensics – Body Snatching in Norway, Dishonest ex-Brooklyn DA, Crime Scene DNA Contamination, Faked Crime Lab Results
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 … Continue reading
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