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Tuesday’s Quick Clicks…
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
UPI: Proteins in human hair could work like fingerprints… OC Weekly: Did Orange County’s Justice System Imprison an Innocent Man for Murder?… New York Post: Wayne Martin’s double murder conviction officially overturned… Winston-Salem Journal: Winston-Salem…
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Old teeth in London reveals how the plague spread in the 17th century
British archaeologists, osteologists and other specialists love to dig around in dark, dank places. Fascinating stuff. Onto the Museum of London Archaeolgy‘s 300 staff who do all the hard work. (MOLA) MOLA’s own blog about their latest dig. Full article … Continue reading
Friday’s Quick Clicks…
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
OC Weekly: More Evidence Emerges On OC Law Enforcement’s Bad Acting and Perjury in Snitch Scandal… The San Diego Union-Tribune (opinion by Justin Brooks, California IP): Could innocent people be executed if proposition passes?……
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Ohio ( and most other states ) misses opportunity to find the missing – Forensic Dentistry –
Ohio and other states are not providing everything they can to help families track missing loved ones, according to experts. Full article from Ohio. Despite the creation of a national database nearly a decade ago to assist in identifications, few … Continue reading
Tuesday’s Quick Clicks…
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
The Knoops’ Innocence Project filed a request for review at the Court of Appeals in Curacao in the case of Frailon Pieter… Massachusetts has paid $8.34 million under wrongful conviction compensation law… The Wrong Man: Thomas…
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Infamous bite-mark “expert” Michael West complains about not being paid at a deposition and calls Innocence Project director a “sociopath”
The unfortunately speakable Dr. Michael West takes the stage. His protector, Attorney General Jim Hood and the MS Supremes still need him to bolster this death penalty vs forensic science reform case of Eddie Lee Howard. The MS Innocence project … Continue reading
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Death knell for bitemark analysis expected from White House review – Forensics – #PCAST
An unofficial and possibly “leaked” unpublished draft from the White House Science and Technology Council (#PCAST) has arrived via the Internet. It is a new and comprehensive forensics review by a PCAST Working Group and tells a tale about the ABFO’s bitemark … Continue reading
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What’s on the Net – The WhiteHouse Science Council on forensics – bites, firearms, shoes, tires, DNA
The usual complaints about the WH “non-forensic” reviewers (from the likes of The Fraternal Order of Police) are reminiscent of responses to the 2009 National Academy of Science report on “Strengthening Forensic Science.” Yesterday’s announcement from the White House Science Council ” … Continue reading
Great look at the start of forensic pathology, anthropology and dentistry in the US – 1849
Grisly stories about murder and dismemberment is not just a recent occurrence. This is an incredibly well-documented case of identification of human remains that reflects what SHOULD be practiced in the US and elsewhere. I’m in the middle of a … Continue reading
Jay Koehler on Proficiency Testing
Here is the elephant in the board rooms of forensic science. Error rates etc. it’s 23 years since the Daubert “trilogy.” This article names all the players.
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