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#SandraBland | Circumstances of a murder staged as a suicide?
Let’s see if we can start a thread from the forensic community about some of these issues . The family of Sandra Bland, who died while in a county jail in Texas this week, has made it clear that the … Continue reading
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Mini-police crime labs sprouting up all over thanks to the American Soc of Crime Labs
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Somebody needs to tell this Winston-Salem police chief how “speedy crime lab tests” (to avoid huge delays from the state lab) might not work out so well in…
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The rise of the Innocence Project was based on DNA and a fractured system of forensic science
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
I have been perusing threads in the press concerning dialogue of forensic practitioners about the gaps and misapplications of their forensics in the US criminal justice system. There aren’t…
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Why a city auditor wants a crime lab “independent” from his local Denver police department
After singing its praises, Denver City Auditor suggests moving crime lab Maybe this Denver city administrator is reading the forensic news. He talks about the public’s trust and new forensic “sophistication.” A very well-crafted statement. “This recommendation is in no … Continue reading
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Update on ‘Baby Tyler’ Iowa death case. Crime fighting in the UK and AU comes up zip
Update: A classic example of legal/forensic relationship disharmony. Here are issue clarifications and further discussion from earlier CSIDDS blogs about an Iowa state medical examiner court hearing and trial testimony about cause and manner of death in a murder case. … Continue reading
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Pathologist gets spanked for using defendant’s statements as basis for determining cause and manner of death
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
This case defines some limits to what a medical expert can consider in rendering “with medical certainty” testimony. This should be a message to the odontologists who rely on…
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Pathologist gets spanked for using defendant’s statements as basis for determining cause and manner of death
This case defines some limits to what a medical expert can consider in rendering “with medical certainty” testimony. This should be a message to the odontologists who rely on law enforcement to determine how many people should be considered potential “biters” … Continue reading
Private Funding for Forensic Science Assessments: A Quality and Gap Analysis
Comment: Notable in this announcement from the AAAS are the echoes of previous narratives from various US forensic governmental oversight committees such as the National Research Council (NAS), NCFS, Congressional subcommittees and such. Funding of forensic science research is paltry in comparison … Continue reading
How a death row exoneree got to be on a conviction integrity commission
How a death row exoneree got to be on a forensic integrity commission tasked to ferret out wrongful convictions. Terrorism attack in Tunisia brings immediate forensic and law enforcement response from the UK. Local medical examiner for two counties investigated … Continue reading
Don’t mistake the technique for its content.
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You know the adage, “Don’t miss the forest for the trees”? Analogous to bitemark “experts” with their advanced software and photo enhancement technology claiming it’s “science”. The testimony of the seeming bitemark “expert”…
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