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FORGET CSI: A Disaster Is Happening In America’s Crime Labs
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Media reports about 2 crime lab scandals per month. Its all about “stealin an cheatin and liein” Headline story from April 2014. Its about bungling in crime labs…
This is endless. Another DA argues that freedom eliminates a man’s attempt to ID the real rapist.
” The revolving door of criminal justice means that once you are in, you can never get out “- ANON NY Innocence Project attorney, Vanessa Potkin, takes on a DA who objects to post conviction DNA testing of Potkin’s client. … Continue reading
Forensics in Focus @csidds | Feb 24, 2014| Years Old DNA Testing vs Current DNA Testing | A case of first impression?
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
MONDAY FEB 24, 2014 CRIME LABs: New DNA TECH vs “outdated” DNA methods The history of DNA technology, its standards and population statistics use in criminal courts goes…
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Rampant Prosecutorial Misconduct in the US: A Short Media Review
This is a mere sip in the ocean of info on this subject. At a glance, the cases are many, but any semblance of consistent judicial penalties are few. Prosecutorial misconduct occurs when a prosecutor breaks a law or a … Continue reading
Slap Shot At Over Blown Forensic Experts
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Forensic Science Is Not CSI, in Ferguson or Anywhere Else – HuffPost Politics http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6356740?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics&partner=skygrid
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Junk Forensic Science Shows Up at the 2015 American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting – Again
Forensic science fails in specific controversial areas of wherein “classic” investigation methods, never brought forth by the scientific method, are still posing as “business as usual.”. Think of the “matches” you hear about on TV. Ignore DNA and Toxicology. This is … Continue reading
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,200 times in 2014. If it were a … Continue reading
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Another Shaken Baby Syndrome Acquittal
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An Iowa District Judge has dismissed the case against Peter Ranke, who was accused of injuring his 3-week old baby by shaking. And further, the judge sharply criticized the diagnosing doctor for mishandling the investigation…
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Followup : See who the AAFS/NIST has reviewing junk forensic bitemark “science”
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American Academy of Forensic Science experts and the death penalty
Death sentences: A trail of dubious contributions to justice: questionable and in some cases, erroneous bitemark opinions.
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