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Much to do about the future of forensics in the US. 

Posted on April 6, 2017 by csidds

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

Posted on April 4, 2017 by csidds

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 →

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Dubai Forensic meeting starts with a news article about semi-reliable certainties

Posted on April 3, 2017 by csidds

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 →

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Progressive DAs get backlash from their “lock-em-up” peers like Michael Ramos

Posted on April 1, 2017 by csidds

Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
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.

Posted on March 31, 2017 by csidds

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 →

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Netherlands custody death brings out the ‘perfect’ expert for the cops defence

Posted on March 29, 2017 by csidds

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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Parent deportation by #45 puts children and minors into harm’s way : #Forensic Connect

Posted on March 28, 2017 by csidds

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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FBI facial recognition system fails in a Congressional lookover

Posted on March 27, 2017 by csidds

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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Forensic Science International – Some esoteric, others inconclusive and some suggestive.

Posted on March 23, 2017 by csidds

Review Article Multifarious applications of atomic force microscopy in forensic science investigations GauravPandey, MaithriTharmavaram, DeepakRawtani, Sumit Kumar, Y. Agrawal  Research Articles Toxicological investigation of forensic cases related to the designer drug 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV): Detection, quantification and studies on human metabolism … Continue reading →

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Rudin on an “Office of Forensic Science”

Posted on March 15, 2017 by csidds

Rudin Votes “No” on ‘Office of Forensic Sciences.” Nora Rudin is a DNA pioneer in the US who has some very pointed comments on the issue of forensic science needing to be independent of prosecutorial and police governmental management influences. … Continue reading →

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