Writers advertising on e-commerce platforms say they can arrange for articles to be published in journals indexed on China’s largest research database
— Read on amp.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3133548/behind-chinas-mind-power-egg-scandal-where-academic
Although DNA is individual to you—a “fingerprint” of your genetic code—DNA samples don’t always tell a complete story. The DNA samples used in criminal prosecutions are generally of low quality, making them particularly complicated to analyze. They are not very concentrated, not very complete, or…
— Read on www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/05/how-your-dna-or-someone-elses-can-send-you-jail
Health commissioner Thomas Farley resigned on Thursday after acknowledging he ordered the remains cremated and disposed. But the city found the remains in a basement office on Friday.
— Read on www.inquirer.com/news/thomas-farley-philadelphia-health-commissioner-move-bombing-20210514.html
Opinion piece about reigning-in exaggerated and one-sided expert testimony. Offers a free online tutorial via Coursera. Its organized by Christophe Champod and the UNIL forensics faculty. “Challenging Forensic Science: How science should speak to court.” I just signed up.
Expert witnesses sometimes express certainty when there is room for doubt
— Read on www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/beware-of-forensic-experts-expressing-certainty-1.4564325
A judge called his actions in the Clinton Young case “shocking prosecutorial misconduct that destroyed any semblance of a fair trial.”
— Read on www.texasobserver.org/in-a-rare-show-of-accountability-a-texas-attorney-has-surrendered-his-license/
This one got me no love from the ABFO bitemarkers.
They should rehire Max Houck. Hes the previous director the DC mayor and the current director ran out of town in 2015
A D.C. lawmaker is calling for new leadership at the District’s embattled Department of Forensic Sciences, which had had its accreditation to perform forensic…
— Read on wtop.com/dc/2021/05/dc-lawmaker-calls-for-new-leader-at-embattled-district-crime-lab/
A former Louisville police detective will spend a year in prison for his role in the wrongful convictions and imprisonment of two men.
— Read on www.wlky.com/article/former-louisville-detective-who-helped-wrongfully-convict-2-men-will-spend-year-in-prison/36395027
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