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Forensics: Forensic Dentistry at #USC Ostrow School of Dentistry
Some dentist named Bowers. Also, kudos to USC Ostrow Professors Nan Mulligan and Glenn Clark for funding the USC Special Patients Clinic in perpetuity. Fight On. Beat Stanford.
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In the Forensic News: Paleoanthropologists and Archeobiologists run amuck
A brief look at what exaggerating science in the news media brings to mind. I have noticed some of this trend in commerical-connected forensic news releases and desperate believers in outdated or debunked forensic techniques. I clearly remember a nearly … Continue reading
European Body Farm Project faces some naysayers but supporters are seeking answers
Nothing divides a community more than an outdoor display of decaying human remains. Academicians are stimulated, but the neighbors not so much. Teaching taphonomy and bug science (think maggots, beetles and flies) can be smelly, but has its place in … Continue reading
Neuberger: A Scientific rationale lends depth to legal reasoning but vice versa? #Forensics
This is a striking personal account recently given by an English legal gentleman before the Royal Society in London. His career spans formal scientific education, initial research experience, and a professional transition to the law. As of this writing he … Continue reading
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Forensic Toxicology and death investigation. Ex-Coroner did a shabby job.
Another example of the effects of inconsistent and non-standardized management of questionable deaths in the US. Most coroners are not trained medical professionals. “Kane County Coroner changes cause of death from overdose to undetermined.” Events of note: the prior coroner … Continue reading
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Battling pathologists. Standing up or kneeling? Arms moving or not? Forensic doubt = self defense?
The Facebook Slaying in Florida. One pathologist performed the autopsy. Another pathologist looked at the photographs and documents much later. Knife versus gun. They don’t agree on reconstructing the victim’s posture at time of receiving 8 rounds of .380 ammo. No mention … Continue reading
Inability to deliver timely DNA testing for ID gets Coroner some bad publicity and a grieving family
This is about a missing elderly man and a male skeleton found months later. My assumption is that he may have either worn dentures (no natural teeth) with no patient name labeled placed in the dentures ( mandatory in some … Continue reading
Law enforcement agencies have invented a number of the techniques, including blood-spatter and bite-mark analysis.
Explanations on how the intersection of legal “yes or no” determinations of guilt and its interpretation of forensic “science” certainties is a train wreck. From the Boston Review; “Forensic Psuedoscience.” A quote from the BR “Law is a poor vehicle … Continue reading
U of AZ Science Professor posits bitemark clique as “junk” on eve of TX hearing
UA Professor Tackles Faulty Courtroom Science [Image] Steven Mark Chaney recently walked out of a Dallas courtroom after his 1987 conviction was overturned because of discredited bite-mark testimony. (Photo: Innocence Project) Today, the Texas Forensic Science Commission hears more testimony … Continue reading
UK : Police forced to reopen 350 cases botched by forensics officer who lied about credentials
Stephen Beattie, a senior forensics officer, was suspended and then quit in 2011 after it emerged that he exaggerated his expertise [This ethical transgression was first reported almost 5 years ago. Seems that this forensic review process described below was not a … Continue reading
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