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More scientists gang up against the bitemarkers – Oxford University Press -#AAFS2017
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It’s just a dental journal (see pg. 68), but this op-ed piece may be the FIRST time organized dentistry has spoken out about the flim-flam of bitemark ‘science.’…
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From mere suggestion, to simple research, to accurate “forensics” in 2 days – Hair II
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New Hair Testing Technique Can Accurately Predict a Criminal’s Personal Traits The time line of promoting forensic research into actual use in criminal investigation seems to be incredibly…
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Much to do about the future of forensics in the US.
http://www.nature.com/news/label-the-limits-of-forensic-science-1.21774 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/09/2017-04695/notice-of-federal-advisory-committee-meeting?utm_campaign=subscription%20mailing%20list&utm_source=federalregister.gov&utm_medium=email https://www.justice.gov/ncfs/page/file/953651/download https://www.justice.gov/ncfs/meeting-materials-term-2#mtg13
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Looking at legal appellate process error rate – and its weak cure
The clamor for ‘error rates’ in forensics seems a strange contrast to the legal system which decides on its admissibility. Is there a claim of legal malpractice by judges? Read this detailed article on risk management tools available when a … Continue reading
Dubai Forensic meeting starts with a news article about semi-reliable certainties
This meeting in the UAE sounds interesting. It is named “Spotlight on Forensic Science.” I’m sure some important US forensic folks are attending. Barry Fisher of the AAFS is second speaker on the subject of “admissibility of pattern evidence” and … Continue reading
Progressive DAs get backlash from their “lock-em-up” peers like Michael Ramos
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District Attorney Aramis D. Ayala of Orlando, FL is getting targeted for realizing that the death penalty is only in play in 0.01% of her criminal cases and…
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These 8 serial executions in Arkansas are sickening.
The death penalty is broken, but that isn’t stopping Arkansas. The state plans to execute 8 people in 10 days so it can use up nearly-expired – and dangerous – execution drugs. Arkansas’s planned assembly line of executions is irresponsible, … Continue reading
Netherlands custody death brings out the ‘perfect’ expert for the cops defence
This is what courts commonly see when expert wits are qualified as keepers of specialized knowledge regarding in-custody deaths. He is a government employee in Amsterdam. http://nltimes.nl/2017/03/29/expert-forensics-witness-history-backing-cops-violence-cases-report Here is a journal article with this same expert, Kees Das, showing up … Continue reading
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Tagged cause of death, netherland forensic science, police custody deaths
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Parent deportation by #45 puts children and minors into harm’s way : #Forensic Connect
Think about Exploitation, Foster Care, Runaways, and Death facing these American Children. Nothing seems to penetrate the thick skulls of Trump and his minions regarding the harsh realities to thousands of American born kids by their being left alone after … Continue reading
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Tagged exploited children, missing children, NCMEC, US mass deportation
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FBI facial recognition system fails in a Congressional lookover
At Facial Recognition Databases Hearing, Congress Attacks FBI Here are a few quotes: …saying the technology fosters racial bias, leads to arrests of innocent people and trashes Americans’ privacy. More than 400 million pictures of Americans’ faces are archived in … Continue reading
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