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FORENSIC FOCUS | Links to Science, News Trends and the Law
FORENSIC FOCUS LINKS: Monday Feb 17, 2014 FORENSIC CASES, RESEARCH AND TRAINING with some criminal justice. 1. Register for Tuesday Feb 18 webcast presentations at the AAFS annual meeting. Topics are NIJ funding grantees forensic projects and DIY funding opportunities. … Continue reading
Forensic Focus Picks – Science, News Trends and the Law
What’s trending today. The biggest problem with forensic science is that’s there is almost NO information about research. What you see is what there is. Fingerprints. French researchers announce much higher resolutions available for physical analysis. They will still need … Continue reading
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FORENSICS | Richardson Bite Mark case exposes ABFO experts’ assurances as folly
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Being “tough on crime” is a cliche used by some involved in politics, law enforcement, and used by certain forensic practitioners. I prefer the phrase “smart on crime.”…
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FORENSICS | 2013 Is record year for exonerations
Download annual report from…… http://www.innocencenetwork.org/resources/innocence-collateral/network-exoneration-reports/innocence-network-exoneration-report-2013/view
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See the faces and families of 12 Californians factually but not legally innocent
After years of litigation and post conviction investigation, 12 cases now end up on the CA governor’s desk requesting pardons. The court system won’t let them go. Innocence March Returns to Sacramento to Ask Governor Brown for 12 Christmas Presents
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Forensics. The occasionally strange Top 2013 moments in Forensic Science according to the NFSTC
One is “fingerprint science comes to the kitchen.” All are undeniably positive. ://www.nfhttpstc.org/top-10-forensic-science-stories-of-2013/ The NFSTC is a consortium of current and ex governmental employees and private parties that have a varied nexus with forensic science and law enforcement. Their affiliations … Continue reading
#Forensics: Battling junk forensic bitemark opinions with DNA
The California Innocence Project takes on the challenges of junk forensics being brought into criminal cases. http://californiainnocenceproject.org/issues-we-face/dna-and-forensic-analysis
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Criminal Justice: Misconduct prosecutors are anonymous in higher court records
Since prosecutor’s can’t be sued because of the SCOTUS Connick immunity decision, redacted or “confidental” higher courts’ rulings do not name a DA’s misconduct, (see Radley Balko‘s article below) is yet another prong of prosecutorial self protection. No wonder it … Continue reading
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