Forensics: After whistleblowing DA misconduct and job harassment, Ex-Ocean County detective awarded $300K; claimed prosecutor misconduct

Posted on August 27, 2021 by csidds

Juan Pastrana claimed assistant prosecutors pressured him to falsify reports.
— Read on www.app.com/story/news/local/courts/2021/08/26/ex-ocean-county-detective-awarded-300-k-claimed-prosecutor-misconduct/5579444001/

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Forensics: After refusing a plea offer, Charges dropped: Georgia man cleared by DNA after decades in prison

Posted on August 27, 2021 by csidds

30 years lost. Credit to his legal team including @innocence and the Weil firm.

Georgia prosecutors have decided they will not retry Ron Jacobsen for raping a woman in Newton County, four years after DNA tests strongly indicated h
— Read on www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/charges-dropped-against-man-cleared-by-dna-after-30-years-behind-bars/5JHHHDT6INAO3FOHLNP2RIBYME/

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Forensics: Not good. Accuracy and reproducibility of conclusions by forensic bloodstain pattern analysts – ScienceDirect

Posted on August 26, 2021 by csidds

Accuracy and reproducibility of conclusions by forensic bloodstain pattern analysts – ScienceDirect
— Read on www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073821001766

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Legal: ‘Profound abuse’: Judge disciplines pro-Trump lawyers over election lawsuit | Reuters

Posted on August 26, 2021 by csidds

A very rare judical finding of lawyer misconduct.

A U.S. judge on Wednesday sanctioned Sidney Powell and other lawyers who sued in Michigan to overturn Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory over Donald Trump, and suggested they might deserve to lose their law licenses.
— Read on www.reuters.com/world/us/judge-sanctions-sidney-powell-other-pro-trump-lawyers-who-claimed-voter-fraud-2021-08-25/

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Shifting forensic focus from means to purpose: A path forward for the discipline?

Posted on August 25, 2021 by csidds

A good discussion regarding forensics vs science concepts and practices.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1355030621001076

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Forensics: 2 out of 50 states. Illinois to permanently establish Forensic Science Commission

Posted on August 24, 2021 by csidds

The official legislative site of the Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus
— Read on illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/45-senator-patricia-van-pelt-news/2977-illinois-to-permanently-establish-forensic-science-commission

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Forensics: @The_AAFS needs to act on the continued promotion and use of bitemarks for any purpose. The Junk Science the Justice System Depends on Is a Joke

Posted on August 19, 2021 by csidds

From bullet prints to hair strands to bite marks to fire analysis, an awful lot of the forensic science simply doesn’t hold up, even as courts keep allowing for it.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/the-junk-science-the-justice-system-depends-on-is-a-joke

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Forensics: After flubbing a massive loss of Dallas police evidence, city manager reveals new policies

Posted on August 17, 2021 by csidds

How’s that for a chain of custody violation? City manager runs the police database?

After electronic evidence went missing in the spring, Broadnax vows to inform people sooner and implements more protections for transferring data.
— Read on www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/08/16/dallas-city-manager-tc-broadnax-admits-he-could-have-communicated-better-about-deleted-police-data/

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‘Forensics: Not sooth-saying? Graphology predictions. Signature and handwriting can reveal one’s personality’ | Nagpur News – Times of India

Posted on August 16, 2021 by csidds

Handwriting, like nature’s law, is unique to an individual.
— Read on timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/signature-and-handwriting-can-reveal-ones-personality/articleshow/85336713.cms

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Forensics: OMG. Here’s what to know about the recently revealed deletion of Dallas police evidence files

Posted on August 15, 2021 by csidds

Last week brought a barrage of troubling news for Dallas City Hall, starting Wednesday when District Attorney John Creuzot notified defense lawyers that…
— Read on www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2021/08/15/heres-what-to-know-about-the-recently-revealed-deletion-of-dallas-police-evidence-files/

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