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Cops messed up an earlier 2017 Golden State Killer “hit” – Got the wrong guy
Court records say a 73 year man was a “person of interest” and was tracked down by police for his DNA in an earlier search of DNA records pursued in 2017. He was not the perp arrested this week. A … Continue reading
Recanting and chumped medical “experts” led to 25 years on death row. DAs in Bakersfield withheld hospital records of infant death
Kern County is a leader of California counties having inmates on death row. A man would have been executed under the new California statutes allowing “swifter justice.” Of course, the CA DA Association spent millions, along with sanctimonious “victim rights … Continue reading
“Discarded DNA” from a 72 year old ex-cop and a Familial DNA archive search leads to his arrest as a serial predator
Police obtaining your DNA without a warrant is one issue in this case. That’s allowed if you go out in public or don’t incinerate your trash. Once in the dumpster, there is no “expectation” of privacy. The other issue is … Continue reading
Grandpa’s cremated remains sent to police lockup as heroin _
Local police chief thinks using a glove box for driving with Grandpa is highly unusual.
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Convicting an Innocent Man Quote Runs Up Against Prosecution Experts’ Immunity Protections
Sir William Blackstone made his legal commentaries in 18th century England. Serious old-school forensic problem exists with fingerprint experts. Their old-saw statement of “zero-error rate” is beginning to sound unrealistic to judges who have some forensic training. This case in … Continue reading
If you want the latest Forensic terminology guidelines – pay up for ASTM documents
Some of these federal OSAC documents on everything “forensic” in regards to vernacular and evidence descriptors are free. Others cost $$$. I find it incredible that governmental funded forensic study groups can produce intellectual property for forensic science practitioners and … Continue reading
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Chicago Cops praise new technology in homicide drop; Trauma Centers get no credit
The Chicago Metro medical system is considered premier-quality regarding treating gun shot wounds and related trauma. The US military trains its trauma physicians in Chicago trauma centers. Combining health care with homicide statistics seems to be absent in this first … Continue reading
Anti-PCAST District Attorney Says Bitemark Analysis Opponents Are “Flawed”
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This National DA Assoc president works in San Bernardino County, among other things a place where bitemarks helped put an innocent Bill Richards in prison for 23 years.…
“The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist” coming your way.
Its time to sign up for Radley and Tucker’s book about the forensic disaster that continues to plague the criminal courts of the state of Mississippi. Here is a recent review. The book does a good job in spreading the … Continue reading
Insufficient response from Insurer regarding smoke, ash and char damage #ThomasFire #Insurance #StateFarm
This is just a short synopsis on what I have learned from personal experience during the Thomas Fire in Ventura, CA. My residence insurer is State Farm. All the following facts are documented and true. There is little to do … Continue reading
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