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Crime lab accreditors getting a black eye and lose credibility over Austin lab

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Nothing like using empirical data to establish CJ problems that are largely ignored by governmental practitioners. A few folks have been been saying this about ANSI/ASCLD for years.…

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Crime lab accreditors getting a black eye and lose credibility over Austin lab

Nothing like using empirical data to establish CJ problems that are largely ignored by governmental practitioners. A few folks have been been saying this about ANSI/ASCLD for years. Here’s a scandal-in-point. Crime labs. From the NYC Legal Aid DNA Newsletter … Continue reading

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News from in and around the world of Forensics

Mortuary training for those so inclined. Drop by on Sat in the UK.  “Looking forward to seeing you.” (the picture shows a mannequin on the table). Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong crash kills 37. There is a forensic side … Continue reading

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Early into its release, #Forensic Science Reform text goes to the classroom!

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A respected under and graduate forensic science program in the UK has introduced copies of our Academic Press/Elsevier text into its reference library and student discussions. Greatly appreciated!…

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Early into its release, #Forensic Science Reform text goes to the classroom!

A respected under and graduate forensic science program in the UK has introduced copies of our Academic Press/Elsevier text into its reference library and student discussions. Greatly appreciated! Here’s the notice for their students’ new semester. ================================================== Your article of … Continue reading

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Read PCAST’s forensic response to outpouring of resistance by prosecutors and labs

Newly published, it is clear that PCAST on forensic ‘science’ is taking a serious stance to much of the mis-information presented by the host of it’s deniers in the US criminal justice system. That would be prosecutors, the US attorney … Continue reading

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Taking pattern evidence two years after burial? Why not? It’s a bitemark

You will love what the ex DA in this decades-old case has to say about “outsiders” causing problems. The State Attorney says this: “Our job is to do justice an to see justice one. We’re not afraid of having evidence … Continue reading

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Forensics is a mess and the Prosecutors love it: Reason Magazine

A telling expose ‘from Reason’s latest article on the sad (to some) state of resistance from the police forensic, LEO and prosecutor communities looking towards safeguards in police use and misuse of science in the US courts. This resonates with … Continue reading

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More on Forensic Expertise that is largely arbitrary and amatuerish

When someone learns PhotoShop, danger often enters the courtroom when methods and skill sets are loose and standard methods largely not compulsory. Experts in this field have a paucity of validation testing about what they bring in front of a … Continue reading

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Regardless of UK LEO witch hunt, Forensic Expert continues to express herself

I have been following Dr. Waney Squier’s odyssey of medical retribution against her for doubting the ‘science’ behind the over-stimulated use of Shaken Baby criminal convictions. This article shows, after years of bumbling partisan tomfoolery against her, she is not … Continue reading

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