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Criminal Justice :Bitemark Evidence: test your skills
Bitemark Evidence: A series of prosecution case fotos and descriptions. Many are exonerations. Click to access bitemark-evidence-theory-vs-actual-cases1.pdf Sent from my iPhone
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Forensic Bitemarks sent Bennie Starks to Prison for 22 years
This is yet another forensic catastrophe caused by US bite mark experts. The proponents of this flawed forensic science still teach these methods to unsuspecting dentists. The “elite” of the ABFO (unrecognized by the US dental association) recently traveled to … Continue reading
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Wrongful Convictions: Bitemarks
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
The backbiting (pun intended) response by the ABFO (a forensic bite mark board recognized by the AAFS) leadership against its own membership (N=108) involved in the 24 cases…
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Cases and Opinions on Bitemark Evidence
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
go to http://www.bitemarks.org The blog listed above tells the story of the effects of unvalidated bitemark opinions in the US. The major culprits are selected members of the…
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FORENSIC TESTIMONY | Bitemark reliability testing: See the real cases |FORENSIC EVIDENCE
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
A previous blog from CSI DDS stated that poor bite mark reliability (how often experts agree) is proof of the suspect nature of the outdated methods stubbornly maintained…
FORENSIC TESTIMONY: The “bad apple” history of bitemark cases: FORENSIC SCIENCE
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
Who are the “bad apples” bite mark experts consider to be the cause of the bad press about their results in court? The answer may surprise you. Pattern…
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An Exoneration and Outdated CSI Forensics Equals a BAD Day for Two Forensic Science Experts
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
The topic of personal liability for forensic expert witnesses has been around for a couple of decades. I am not talking about an expert being sued by his/her…
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Costs of wrongful convictions
Originally posted on FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends:
The financial connection between wrongful convictions and the costs to taxpayers is a fairly new topic for media discussion. It is rather localized (a $10 million civil award…
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Judge believes the “Flat Earth” bitemark believers: Forensic Science
This judge uses a NY case ruling called the Frye standard, created in 1923, to allow bitemark comparisons into his court as “science.” http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202618278480&In_Pivotal_Test_NY_Judge_OKs_Bite_Mark_Evidence&slreturn=20130806185424
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Interesting backstory on DA Craig Watkins case
Bad blood in the judges chambers about plan to “serve up Watkins on a silver platter” for the FBI. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20130718-dallas-county-fires-employee-who-says-judge-badmouthed-da-craig-watkins.ece
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