In the US there are only 81 ABFO forensic dentists. Many are retiring or inactive. For @theNAME1966 to require its certified medical examiner offices to ONLY affiliate ABFO dentists is a serious mistake and not supported by past practices in dental identification casework.
Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom – Eddie Lee Howard
Forensic science practices and methodologies should not be allowed to continue without a rigorous independent review.
— Read on www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/critique-of-baby-shaking-prosecutions-raises-troubling-response-20210523-p57ubw.html
Straight to law enforcement chem-tests are nortorious for this.
You can add Georgia Southern University’s starting quarterback to the list of innocent people wrongly charged with drugs based on a faulty roadside drug test.
— Read on www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-southern-qb-says-false-positive-field-test-showed-bird-droppings-as-cocaine.amp
The Charleston County Coroner and the independent pathologist who examined Jamal Sutherland’s body will not discuss the case. So we went to a nationally known forensic expert for an explanation. A forensic autopsy determined Sutherland died from an “excited state with adverse pharmacotherapeutic effect during subdual process. ” Dr.
— Read on abcnews4.com/news/local/nationally-known-pathologist-calls-jamal-sutherlands-cause-of-death-disguisting
Distressed by authorities’ poor treatment of rape victims and destruction of evidence, one doctor became a DNA archivist long before we had the technology to test it. For potentially hundreds of survivors, his faith in science is paying off.
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/you-save-as-long-as-you-have-to
Forensic Science progress is personally and professionally risky. Waney Squire MD had similar retribution in the UK.
Legal threats and police searches: Debate explodes over baby shaking science
— Read on amp.theage.com.au/national/victoria/legal-threats-and-police-searches-debate-explodes-over-baby-shaking-science-20210513-p57rkp.html
More proof that in general, politics, government, and forensic science improvement are incompatible partners.
Complaints about confused juries, junk science and possible miscarriages of justice prompted an investigation into forensic science, which has been shelved.
— Read on www.smh.com.au/national/review-of-junk-forensic-science-in-courts-abandoned-20210520-p57thx.html
Body cam video sheds light on traffic stop where police test child’s ashes for meth
— Read on newschannel20.com/amp/news/local/body-cam-video-sheds-light-on-traffic-stop-where-police-test-childs-ashes-for-meth
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