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Advances in #Forensic #Science influenced by Exonerations – Peter Neufeld #AAFS2017
This is for those so inclined to wonder “why” scientific advances in forensics suggested by nationally recognized scientists should be shunned, ridiculed and attacked by the police. It has nothing to do with “throwing the baby out with the bath … Continue reading
Book Review: “Forensic Science Reform – Protecting the Innocent”
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
? For the last 8 1/2 years, I have been working to ‘help’ overcome the devastating effects that incorrect, bogus, and non-scientific forensics has had on our justice system in producing wrongful convictions. And…
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Crime lab accreditors getting a black eye and lose credibility over Austin lab
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
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
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
Early into its release, #Forensic Science Reform text goes to the classroom!
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
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
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
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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