Latest News on Forensic Science and Criminal Law
-
Join 223 other subscribers
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Befuddled #Forensic #Science dentists resort to a color chart as a safeguard against their history of faulty convictions
For the life of me, I cannot translate into words, what the think tank (really a kiddie pond) of the bitemark group (the ABFO recognized by the AAFS as an elite forensics certifying board) is now up to. Agronomy? Aborism … Continue reading
What bad DAs ignore about junk #forensic science. The good DAs don’t ignore this stuff.
Take a look at a Forensics in Focus from 2013. None of the major forensics and criminal justice issues have changed. Dentists still testify in death penalty cases as if they were DNA experts. Prosecutors keep hiring them.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged junk forensic science, junk science, prosecutorial misconduct
Leave a comment
A “Cone of Silence” protects junk forensic science and allows it to survive in criminal courts.
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Today’s subject is a brief look back at how pattern evidence from bruised human skin got into the case law of every state in the US. Its not…
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Anti-Junk Forensic Science bill is now law: Criminal Justice Public Policy Breakthrough in California
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
California Governor Jerry Brown just signed into law SB 1058 bill. The law permits habeas corpus petitioners (i.e. after a conviction) the ability to contest expert testimony that…
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Anti-Junk Forensic Science bill is now law: Criminal Justice Public Policy Breakthrough in California
Originally posted on innocencemattersblog:
Anti-Junk Forensic Science bill is now law: Criminal Justice Public Policy Breakthrough in California.
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Anti-Junk Forensic Science bill is now law: Criminal Justice Public Policy Breakthrough in California
California Governor Jerry Brown just signed into law SB 1058 bill. The law permits habeas corpus petitioners (i.e. after a conviction) the ability to contest expert testimony that was presented against them at trial. In other words, experts who either … Continue reading
30 years since 1984 + (in)famous medical examiner gets a jolt of reality from MS appellate court. @radleybalko
30 years since 1984. Pissed off mayor calls SWAT Raids for Parody Twitter Accounts. “Sure, Why Not? SWAT Raids for Everybody! .” A judge said the warrant was PC justified due to “personation (has to do with voter fraud, whatever. ) … Continue reading
A “Cone of Silence” protects junk forensic science and allows it to survive in criminal courts.
Today’s subject is a brief look back at how pattern evidence from bruised human skin got into the case law of every state in the US. Its not a pretty process, as I describe below. Scientists learn from their past … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
Confessions of a forensic science whistleblower : Its not what you think
Per se, the title “whistleblower” does not apply to me. I do not work for a governmental or public company. I am a health care provider. I am self employed. I have the “physician do no harm” philosophy as my … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Forensics : Research suggests that bitemarks used to prosecute in child abuse cases have lower pattern details than those bites seen in wrongful convictions.
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
(updated 2:16pm 7-17-2014) Research on bitemark opinions: Bites on kids have lower pattern details than in bites used in wrongful convictions used by prosecutors. Authored by myself and…
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends 