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“Claw-like” skull fracture matching shows up at retrial for murder
Besides the shape of the skull breakage, there are defense claims that the crime scene recovery and storage of DNA was botched. The state claims a fall down stairs is not what killed her. It’s reasons for homicide at Peterson’s … Continue reading
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Tagged crime labs, criminal justice, DNA profiling, Forensic science
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The Nor Cal Innocence Project’s costs to cleanup ONE wrongful conviction
Of course, many DAs in this state do not believe that such things like convicting the innocent occurs. That’s the direct implication of their successful death penalty bill that won 52-48 percent of CA voters. Read the numbers about how … Continue reading
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Tagged costs of wrongful convictions, exoneration, wrongful convictions
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Crime lab’s woes after Forensic Commission’s audit – Texas
Austin’s lab affecting 120 criminal cases. Most defendants still in jail. Austin crime lab shut down in June Crime lab scrambles
A California DA looks at racial component to filings and crime in Santa Clara
Over 60 pages with many pie charts and graphs. Little in the way of firm conclusions and remedies although he touches on over representations of specific racial groups, income, and education dropout rates. Why did you study Race and Prosecutions … Continue reading
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Tagged criminal justice, US race and crime in California county
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Musings about Trump and Science from the ‘Journal of Nature’
The slate is largely blank, except for PEOTUS’ climate change rhetoric. http://www.nature.com/news/the-ultimate-experiment-how-trump-will-handle-science-1.20971?WT.ec_id=NEWSDAILY-20161114
Read about the last $$ spent on bitemark research- A waste of $700K
The now lame-duck President’s Council on Sci Tech tried to lay this junk to rest in 2016. The NIJ funded $700K in 2006 to have these two guys study pig skin bitemarks and to make something called “Tom’s toolbox.” http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-05-14-3530693888_x.htm
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Tagged Bad forensic science, bite marks, Bitemarks, wrongful convictions
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Fingerprints tell the tale – Bitemarks are a forensic joke
These prints have no relationship to the above case. A bitemark that still has J Kunco in prison for a over a quarter of a century. Two pictures of one bitemark. Taken at different times. The bitemark experts recently restated … Continue reading
Research on the history of Lynching in some very Republican Southern States
Someone in Donald Trumps’ circle of law enforcement influence said that “quelling” of public demonstrations is in order. Here’s a bit of some background about such self-righteous use of power and influence to subordinate other citizens’ rights. In his 1867 … Continue reading
Very good look at cross-exam of crime scene responders to NC police shooting
Another case right out of “Making A Murderer.” Most of this courtroom questioning is textbook but the reporter did a good job of presenting the gist of what the policeman’s (Slager) defense lawyer is trying to do. This is a … Continue reading
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