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#Forensics in Michael Brown shooting : Chaos, uncertainty and confusion in the Press and now….Silence?
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Summary and comment: The staid demeanor of most forensic science CSI shows and public conventions has been contradicted by the explosion of news media coverage of forensics related…
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Forensics Canada : When the cops bring in 3 esteemed bitemark experts problems occur. They don’t agree. What’s that tell you?
I can say very little about this child murder case except……I told you so. Plus I’d bet most of these esteemed bitemark folks are on the esteemed bitemark committee for NIST’s Forensic Science Commission. Read about it here.
Pushback on Chi DA Alvarez opine on false confessions and ….Dirty DNA water and …..Ferguson
This response from NY Inn Project co founder Peter Neufeld broadens what the real issues exist in erroneous conviction litigation within and out of Alvarez’ jurisdiction. The generic theme from hard-core advocates is “finality of convictions at all cost.” Forensics … Continue reading
State Attorney releases inmate citing “coercive tactics” by the Northwestern Innocence Project and Journalism school
Does anyone watch The Good Wife? The show is all about Illinois politics, crim justice and arguments of misconduct, fraud, lying in court, and other dirty tricks. This next story is a roundabout of years worth of attack and … Continue reading
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#Forensics : Judge tosses out NY City DNA lab re: below Frye standard necessary for evidence admissibility
Landmark Ruling in DNA Case; NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner DNA Testing Does Not Meet Frye Standard of General Acceptance FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 07, 2014 from NYC Legal Aid Today, in a landmark ruling, Justice Mark Dwyer of New York … Continue reading
Thursday’s Quick Clicks…
Originally posted on Wrongful Convictions Blog:
The link between incarcerations, plea bargains and violent neighborhoods Why innocent people plead guilty, by federal judge Jed Rakoff In Japan, man exonerated from death row helping capital punishment abolitionists Exoneree Kirk Odom seeks…
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Recovery therapy still being used to foster false accusations
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“The belief that hidden memories can be ‘recovered’ in therapy should have been exorcised years ago, when a rash of false memories dominated the airwaves, tore families apart and put people on the stand…
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More Social Media responses on #Junk #Forensic #Science involving the #AAFS
The topic from my last blog on the unfair composition of the NCFS Working Group on “bitemark science” which poses one legitimate forensic researcher against a platoon of self described bitemark believers has brought more responses from the public who … Continue reading
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Blacks must wait longer to be exonerated, study shows
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From The Huffington Post: By Michael McLaughlin It took 18 years for DNA evidence to surface that cleared Derrick Williams of a rape and attempted kidnapping in Florida. Prosecutors had relied on the testimony of the…
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