John Sanders led U.S. Customs and Border Protection under the Trump administration. At least five children died after being detained during the last surge, and he fears “history is repeating itself.”
— Read on www.npr.org/2021/03/17/977978891/deaths-of-migrant-children-haunt-former-official-as-border-surge-increases
Assessing lawyers vs laypeople about forensic reliability. Bitemarks being as good as fingerprints began with Ted Bundy in 1978. Bitemarkers still argue they have “science” in their favor. Real scientists say “WTF?” Criminal courts still have Bundy, Marx (a CA case from 1975) and their progeny as precedent.
Is there a reverse-CSI effect in our courtrooms? What do lawyers and jurors think of evidence like fingerprint and DNA evidence?
— Read on www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/law-and-psychology/202103/how-do-lawyers-and-jurors-perceive-forensic-evidence
West Virginia House Judiciary Committee Unanimously Approves Legislation to Address Wrongful Convictions
— Read on www.jacksonnewspapers.com/story/news/politics/government/2021/03/16/west-virginia-house-judiciary-committee-unanimously-approves-legislation-address-wrongful-conviction/4717448001/
I improved the lead on this NYT article.
Once it became clear Germany was pausing, the pressure mounted on other governments to hold off as well, out of fear of seeming incautious and for the sake of a united front.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/world/europe/europe-astrazeneca-vaccine-suspensions.html
Bamboo rats farmed for sale in Wuhan. China closed them in 2020. Its a bat-rat-human pandemic.
Peter Daszak of the investigative team sent to Wuhan says the farms were probably where the coronavirus first jumped from bats to another animal before infecting humans.
— Read on www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/03/15/977527808/who-points-to-wildlife-farms-in-southwest-china-as-likely-source-of-pandemic
A primer on an unbridled malicious prosecutor. She still has a job in the DAs office.
Kansas prosecutor Terra Morehead wrongfully put Lamonte McIntyre in prison for 23 years for murder. She’s no longer be handling criminal cases. That’s a start.
— Read on www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article249952509.html
Also: Consider financial gain. Is the author ignoring peer literature and exaggerating the results? One-sided self promotion of baseless claims that have not been independently confirmed? Proprietary software that is “secret” avoids scientific scrutiny.
6 tips to help you detect fake science news
— Read on theconversation.com/amp/6-tips-to-help-you-detect-fake-science-news-153708
Birther Kris Kobach claimed his product would ‘kill COVID’ and bring jobs back to Kansas. An investigation found ‘no evidence’ that’s true – Alternet.org
— Read on www.alternet.org/amp/kris-kobach-2651089343
Forensic odontology: a line of work that’s not for the squeamish – USC News
— Read on news.usc.edu/85078/forensic-odontology-a-line-of-work-thats-not-for-the-overly-squeamish/
Its also about the lethality of a 3 foot fall and an autistic defendant who “acted strange” after the baby died.
Mar. 13—The evidentiary hearing in the death penalty case of Robert Leslie Roberson III, continued through Friday, March 12 in a hybrid of Zoom and in-person testimony at the Anderson County Courthouse. Roberson, of Palestine, was found guilty of capital murder in connection with the death of his daughter, 2-year-old Nikki Curtis, who died of blunt-force head injuries at a Dallas hospital on …
— Read on news.yahoo.com/roberson-trial-continues-045900031.html
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