Category Archives: police crime labs

Forensic Focus: Slimy attacks on legal defense professionals continues, bogus DNA reports in DEL, and more….

Posted on May 2, 2014 by csidds

Political attacks on criminal defense professionals is going viral. The GOP and others, some notable and others ridiculous, take license with the truth about what is really “justice.” Apparently their own version is the only legitimate one (the scales tipped … Continue reading →

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Teaching Science to Judges: Now THAT’S Gonna be Tough. Most studied business @csidds | Forensics in Focus : March 24, 2014

Posted on April 24, 2014 by csidds

LEAD LINE: Criminal courts must evolve with science. Now THAT’s gonna be tough. Most judges studied business.   Judges do have “colleges” but all are short courses certainly not involving much of anything scientific. They should be called “law colleges.” Flawed … Continue reading →

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Forensics in Focus @csidds | March 10 | very eclectic list today

Posted on March 10, 2014 by csidds

March 10, 2014 Forensics in Focus  Don’t forget I tweet @csidds on all sorts of issues and events. FORENSICS: National disaster of untested rape kits. Celebrity interest in this forensic disaster that affects thousands and thousand of crime victims FORENSICS: MN. … Continue reading →

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Forensics in Focus @ CSIDDS| March 6 | We’ve busted through 4,000 visits and views !!

Posted on March 6, 2014 by csidds

March 6, 2014. To date we have received over 4,000 views in the 8 months since being first published. Thanks to all of you for following!! There are also, 900+ tweets from @csidds that form a daily adjunct to this … Continue reading →

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FORENSICS in FOCUS @csidds |Feb 28 | Dirty work in the Georgia Accredited DNA lab leads us where? The “Stocking Strangler” case.

Posted on February 28, 2014 by csidds

Police CRIME LABSs “WHEN ALL THE DNA IS GONE. WE STILL CARRY ON” This mantra translates to,  “trust us we finally got it right.” The subject is the “gold standard” of  forensics: DNA processing. From the Georgia state managed crime … Continue reading →

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