Laundrie’s remains were discovered “scattered” near his backpack on October 20 of last year at Florida’s vast Carlton Reserve.
— Read on www.yahoo.com/news/brian-laundries-bones-showed-signs-185633179.html
Crime expert fears that 12,000 prosecutions have failed in the past two years because pieces of evidence that could convict sex attackers and killers is missing
— Read on www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lost-evidence-collapsed-6000-cases-26214302
The purpose of this guide is to familiarize the user with the science of fractography and how it can be used to examine and interpret skeletal fractures. Moreover, this guide will acquaint readers with the tools and equipment needed to effectively apply fractography to bone. Most of all, this guide aims to demonstrate that with a bit of background information, a few basic tools, and a little practice, fractography can be used to enhance the anthropologist’s understanding of trauma events and thereby improve the quality of their forensic products.
— Read on zenodo.org/record/6013748
Crittenden County Prosecuting Attorney Keith Chrestman said there is little evidence that M-Vac is a scientifically sound method and would alter the DNA evidence in the case.
— Read on www.actionnews5.com/2022/02/09/request-re-testing-dna-west-memphis-three-murder-scene-denied/
East WA state death investigations ship their bodies by FedEx for autopsies. 33 out of 39 counties have elected coroners.
Senate Bill 5776 would have, among other things, created a state violence and death investigation resource center. Plans for the center, led by a forensic pathologist, included developing best practices for death investigations statewide.
— Read on www.knkx.org/government/2022-02-08/effort-to-address-critical-shortage-of-forensic-pathologists-stalls
Attorney General Josh Stein defended a science that has sent at least four innocent men to prison in North Carolina. Stein refused to answer WBTV’s questions on camera for nearly a year. But that changed in early February.
— Read on www.wbtv.com/2022/02/09/ag-stein-defends-science-that-sent-innocent-men-prison-interview/
This science-denial trope is endemic and will not die.
Forensic analysts testify at trials as “experts.” But juries don’t know that their methods “seriously underestimate the false positive rate.”
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/the-fbi-keeps-pushing-junk-science-to-win-convictions
In ‘Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System’ (Akashic, Apr.), Fabricant, the Innocence Project’s director of strategic litigation, presents the horrifying story of how Americans have been wrongfully convicted, and executed, based on “expert” testimony.
— Read on www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/88461-the-science-of-injustice-pw-talks-with-m-chris-fabricant.html
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