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
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which
— Read on www.davisvanguard.org/2022/02/looking-back-forensic-fraud-in-child-abuse-cases/
Former Assistant District Attorney Katie Nielsen has received a public reprimand from the State Bar of Texas for professional misconduct a case she was prosecuting.
— Read on www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/state-bar-of-texas-issues-public-reprimand-to-former-assistant-district-attorney/501-458a6b7e-f51b-487e-9f85-44907e3330a4
It’s a major tool used in law enforcement investigations: DNA, the genetic data collected at crime scenes. It can lead to a suspect or identify a victim, when it’s matched to DNA in a database. But what if there are no matches? Companies have found new ways to use DNA to paint a picture of a person.
— Read on www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/dna-composite-images-shedding-new-light-on-cold-cases
A new book pokes holes in the conclusion made by the seven-man Warren Commission that Lee HarveyOswald, without any help, shot and killed Kennedy in 1963.
— Read on nypost.com/2022/02/05/jfk-assassination-expert-lone-gunman-theory-is-still-bulls-t/
Rachel Maddow Show: When Pamela Moses tried to register to vote — not cast a ballot, just register — she was criminally charged and sentenced to six years.
— Read on www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-did-tennessee-s-pamela-moses-receive-six-year-prison-n1288648
The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces are leading the investigation into the nationwide series of bomb threats to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and houses of worship.
— Read on www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-investigation-into-bomb-threats-to-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-and-houses-of-worship
The inability to age DNA evidence is a limitation to these cold cases. No mention of how the police got the school teacher’s defendant’s DNA.
Charles Wright, 56, of Hawthorne, was arrested Thursday on a murder charge in the slaying of Pertina Epps, 21, who was found dead beneath a carport in Gardena on April 26, 2005.
— Read on nypost.com/2022/01/31/dna-links-california-teacher-charles-wright-to-cold-case-murder/
The majority of surveyed EPs reported little experience with handling firearms. Firearm experience was associated with comfort with managing firearms found in patients’ possession. Regional differences were found regarding personal firearm experience and perceptions of workplace safety, both of whic …
— Read on pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31957230/
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