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The Shifted Paradigm: Forensic Sciences’s Overdue Evolution from Magic to Law
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
Chris Fabricant and Tucker Carrington have posted the above-titled article on SSRN. Download here. The abstract states: A decade ago a controversial article in Science Magazine predicted a coming “paradigm shift” that would push…
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Propaganda piece by embattled forensic dentistry group published by CA Dental Association.
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
An opening statement. To be honest, this ABFO generated material is nothing new. What is typical, along with the personal attacks, is the absence of meaningful point-by-point discussion of…
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SF Police Chief Loses a $2M grant for rape kits. His Crime lab is “maxed out.” Plus Murder around the world.
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S.F. Police Chief Greg Suhr during a news conference speaks about an audit of the crime lab’s DNA unit, which has come under fire for faking results, as…
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Forensics: 2004 Chi Trib articles about dubious bitemark convictions and bad science that still stand as “justice done.”
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Its been 11 years since this article was published. Its about the DNA vs bitemark case AZ v. Tankersley. The defendant is still in prison. The “bitemark matchers” were ABFO members…
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Testimony of an FBI hair analyst
Nothing cuts through the current hyperbole of forensic science reform debates and counter debates than reading what the “elite” of the FBI hair comparison people actually said in US courtrooms. The following is testimonial evidence from an actual case. Things … Continue reading
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Recent Rash of US Exonerations Only the Surface: Many More Remain Wrongfully Imprisoned : Forensic Science contributions
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Jeffrey Deskovic, an exoneree himself (NY), writes about the increase in wrongful convictions being overturned in the US from a very personal perspective. He focuses on the…
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More on what damage junk forensic science brings society
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
After 36 years…… http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/dc-man-imprisoned-by-flawed-fbi-forensic-evidence-exonerated/2015/05/23/ed382f70-00c6-11e5-8b6c-0dcce21e223d_story.html
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“A Public Safety Issue” | US Cops would rather bust pot users and issue traffic tickets than investigate years old rapes
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
This all boils own to lack of $$ incentives for police agencies to do real and thorough policing. Instead of swatting marijuana users (recreational and medical pot criminalization)…
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1,600 U.S. Exonerations Highlight Unacceptable Error in Criminal Justice
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The National Registry of Exonerations has announced a chilling milestone, the 1,600th known exoneration in the United States since 1989. The tally of persons known to have been convicted of crimes they did not…
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