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Forensic Fallacies: pattern matching ‘science’ experts sounding convincing but hide a long history of faking what they say
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
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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Monday’s Quick Clicks…
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Los Angeles to pay out $8 million to exoneree Obie Anthony Exoneree compensation bill moves forward in Alaska Ricky Jackson: After 39 years in prison, an epic tale of innocence found and bitterness lost…
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Forensics: Crime labs continue to show misconduct trends
10 DNA analysts suspended during investigation. http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Scientists-suspended-as-State-Police-DNA-scandal-6194258.php Not doing DNA disappoints juries. http://m.theindependent.com/news/local/life-in-the-crime-lab-is-not-like-it-is/article_96300724-e0bf-11e4-b426-1776e75f3c3e.html?mode=jqm Murder in Australia http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/04/11/11/41/a-sister-s-heartbreaking-wedding-poem
Is Shaken Baby Syndrome the New Satanic Panic?
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LA Weekly has just published an article titled ‘Is Shaken Baby Syndrome the New Satanic Panic?‘ The article highlights many frightening parallels between today’s SBS prosecutions and those of so-called satanic ritual child abusers…
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Forensics: A dilemma happens when research results don’t support your agenda. Perfect example of forensic misconduct.
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Absolutely the best example of contemporary forensic misconduct by an AAFS recognized group advocating their particular brand of “science.” See how their culture of rejecting their own reliability research…
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Wednesday’s Quick Clicks…
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A former Death Row inmate who was wrongfully convicted of a double murder after a Chicago cop withheld or fabricated evidence against him, then was left fuming when a federal jury awarded him just $80,000 in…
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US Justice: Incentivising the death penalty for prosecutors’ advancement and political gain
Here we have Radley Balko on Louisiana’s two “hit men for the death penalty” who seem to have run aground on the reef of their own ambition and indifference to what most of us call “justice.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/04/06/in-louisiana-prosecutor-offices-a-toxic-culture-of-death-and-invincibility/
UK’s Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) subject of critical report.
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The Criminal Cases Review Commission of England and Wales (Scotland has their own Commission) has been the subject of a recent inquiry by the UK Parliament’s Select Justice Committee (see here). The inquiry received…
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