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Forensics : A learning point on how the Avery case shows little presumption of innocence
If the Steven Avery case(s) shows anything positive, it is the revelation how jury decisions of guilt are predominatantly preconceived before testimony ever begins. This then is reinforced as the prosecution proceeds with their evidence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/01/19/the-presumption-of-innocence-exists-in-theory-not-reality/
Forensics: Make sure you get all the case records and photographs before you testify
Sometimes, decisions must be made by an expert on the spur of the moment. One cannot prepare for all unexpected events. Here is an example. Nothing is more embarrassing or potentially catastrophic to any forensic expert than to find out … Continue reading
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How politics enters the crime lab from the front door: Cops influencing technician reporting
Forensic Fraud: Scientists Say State Police Gave In To Political Pressure With Crime Lab Policy As much as the major forensic organizations (AAFS and state run lab associations and their accreditors) don’t object to the association of crime labs and … Continue reading
Forensics: The vagaries of determining the Time of Death (TOD) during autopsy
The recent ABC 20/20 show “Her last chance” on California Innocence Project’s client, Kimberly Long, put in perspective how some police agencies get help or by omission, no help, from pathology information. In Kim’s case, her conviction being vacated is … Continue reading
The fight to eliminate the use of bitemarks turns nasty as usual : Manhattan DAs sniping response
In a angry, defensive memo, Manhattan DA’s office withdraws bite mark evidence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2016/01/13/in-angry-defensive-memo-manhattan-das-office-withdraws-bite-mark-evidence/
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Forensics: The White House Office of Sci Tech investigates Bitemark Believers on Jan 15
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
? ? The Obama Administration offers a potpourri of forensic practitioners at a public hearing scheduled for Jan 15th. Among them is one of the pro bitemark witnesses who…
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Read the Manhattan DAs total nonsense regarding forensic science reform
Here is the correct linkage to Manhattan ADAs Mourges ( a link to some more of her shenanigans) and Robert Ferrari’s flaming rhetoric and bile about why bitemark matchers are as good as fingerprints in identifying suspects of crime. I suppose … Continue reading
Flap over showing medical students plane crash photos from MH17
A Dutch medical and forensic professor got slammed by some bureaucrat for lecturing students with the aid of the Malaysia Air plane crash victims’ remains. Apparently some journalists snuck into his professional presentation. The main issue regarding post or ante … Continue reading
US Air Force Forensic Science consultant killed in Afghan bombing
She was a remarkable person in many ways. Condolences to her family. U.S. Air Force Maj. Adrianna Vorderbruggen, 36, was killed along with five other U.S. military personnel by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle outside Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on … Continue reading
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Another ugly story about how junk forensic science ruins lives in the US
This is the first time I have heard a judge describe junk forensic science as a threat to “public safety.” I use the original Latin phrase……. Salus populi suprema lex “Public safety is the highest law” https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/citing-flawed-forensics-va-governor-pardons-man-who-spent-years-in-prison-in-deadly-arson-fire/2015/12/24/357edde6-aa7d-11e5-8058-480b572b4aae_story.html
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