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Forensics: Junk arson ‘science’ leads to conviction, prison, then a coverup plea bargain
From @LilianaSegura. She spent two years on this and it’s worth the ‘long read.’ “How junk arson science convicted a mother of killing her own daughters.” How Junk Arson Science Convicted a Mother of Killing Her Own Daughters
Forensics Today – The rise of the ‘I don’t care’ response to forensic science reform
When forensic reform was trending The Obama-era Commission on Forensic Science just finished its proposals for better over sight on forensics by the Executive branch in the form of an Office on Forensic Science. It’s been under development back to Obama’s … Continue reading
Right to confront prosecution forensic expert now costs defendants $600
NC hates to send their forensic lab experts to court to attest to their labwork and experience the joy of cross-examination. That’s since Melendez- Diaz happened in 2009. It threw crime lab techs into court to authenticate and defend their … Continue reading
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County judge thinks ‘bitemark guidelines’ show that it is still a “science’
Here is another great example of a criminal court taking the weak way out by using the 1923 Frye Rule thereby allowing any bitemark expert who belongs to a relevant ‘scientific community’ to talk to the jury during a murder … Continue reading
Appeal court actually uses Daubert to overrule use of non-science assumptions
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Its all about scientific support, or lack there of in the appellate halls of North Carolina. DWI ‘extapolations’ of BA to assume alcohol ‘eliminating’ phase at time of…
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Appeal court actually uses Daubert to overrule use of non-science assumptions
Its all about scientific support, or lack there of in the appellate halls of North Carolina. DWI ‘extapolations’ of BA to assume alcohol ‘eliminating’ phase at time of testing take a hit. Thanks to GGWolk
Further details about “possible” forensic investigation in Tuam mass graves in Ireland
Here we go with experts and some police ‘sources’ talking about the logistics of excavating graves and looking at DNA from the public as “references” for DNA extraction and profiling from the remains. Various directions need to be established. $$ … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, human identification, mass graves, tuam baby graves
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Forensics: Subverted for-profit publishers in professional publications – Watch out
This is nasty. Forensic students should beware of these dangerous waters within “publish or perish” industry and academia. Some recent communications from companies involved in academic publishing have some journal representatives worried. In one instance, a manuscript editing company offered … Continue reading
Irish police refuse to investigate mass child graves regarding cause of death and abuse
The Irish Garda surely must have a soothsayer on call to predict the outcomes of exhuming hundreds of unidentified children. They have figured the deaths to have all been natural as it would be ‘difficult and highly unlikely’ to determine … Continue reading
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Tagged forensic identifications, human identification, police ineptitude
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Forensics: Online call for volunteers (subadults) to look at their teeth
A grad student in the UK is asking parents to take a look at their kids’ teeth and record their birth age and tooth eruption rates (when the baby teeth are lost and the adult teeth arrive in the mouth … Continue reading
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