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A cure for Junk Science? US Forensic Sci Commission allows access to draft recommends. Wants public feedback by MAY 15
Please peruse the NCFS portal link where such things as “forensic reform” of forensic ethics, forensic testimony language, rules of forensic discovery, etc are available via links. This is a total data dump forcing public “stake-holders” to wade into this package … Continue reading
Case highlights harmful impact of flawed FBI hair testimony
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The Guardian has effectively put a human face here on the tragedy of the FBI’s admission this week that its agents presented flawed testimony in almost every trial in which they testified against criminal…
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Veteran DNA analyst’s editorial in the NYT about what brand of forensics are needed to prevent bogus forensic testimony
Eric Lander has been around a long time. His experience in criminal courts shows in this NYT letter. Article ========================================================== More on hair experts from the FBI scandal and their students. Read how their testimony in multiple cases, saying things … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Quick Clicks…
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State of Mississippi to make pay outs in more than a dozen wrongful conviction cases Pennsylvania Innocence Project wins new trial for woman convicted 42 years ago on flawed arson science Charges dropped against…
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“CSI is a Lie” and the Innocence Project’s video response to questionable and faulty US forensics and police labs
The Innocence Project’s Chris Fabricant, the Director of Strategic Litigation, presents its determination to lead and support forensic reform in the US Criminal Justice Systems. US Senator Blumenthal has choice words for bitemark analysts. The scope of the piece is … Continue reading
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FBI Admits Flaws in Hair Forensics
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From the Washington Post: The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence…
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Incredible damage done by FBI hair examiners
Reading this will explain the effects of flawed forensic ‘science’ when 28 FBI examiners expound a method that had no basis of validity. This article associates bitemark examiners as also being considered faulty and specious ‘forensic’ evidence. There have been … Continue reading
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Forensic Fallacies: pattern matching ‘science’ experts sounding convincing but hide a long history of faking what they say
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This article is about how forensic experts who sound convincing to juries shape their images as ‘scientific’ by misinformation and resorting to desperate measures to mislead the US…
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Wednesday’s Quick Clicks…
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A prosecutor in Virgnia says the right things and appears to “get it” Great editorial on eyewitness ID reform in Missouri by Rebecca Brown In Ohio, Ricky Jackson and five other death row exonerees…
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Virginia forensic scientists achieve 10,000th ‘cold hit’
DNA leads the way in criminal and missing persons identification. Unfortunately, other forensic methods like bitemarks and hair analysis have proven to be a bust.
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