Psych experts have free reign in deciding courtroom outcomes in civil and criminal cases. Only 3% get their unregulated opinions are scrutinized during trial.
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/02/16/science/ap-us-sci-psychology-tests.html
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/02/16/science/ap-us-sci-psychology-tests.html
Budget cuts in England and Wales have reduced independent oversight – and could lead to serious miscarriages of justice, says forensic scientist professor Angela Gallop
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/13/uk-justice-fund-forensic-services-budget-cuts
Can’t these dolts read a medical history?
https://coloradosun.com/2020/02/10/wrongly-accused-child-abuse/
Delaying justice is a common tactic throughout his administration.
Those DAs in San Diego are relentless. They’ve ignored this for decades. Crime lab guy suicided before trial. DNA never lies. Right?
A look at how prosecutors and cops play deaf and dumb after innocent defendants are exonerated. https://thecrimereport.org/2020/02/03/prosecutorial-misconduct-getting-away-with-murder/
This comes out of Milwaukee WI. Two married docs. Adopting a baby. A visit to the ER. Then the Inquisition started. Falsified records, a bitemarker-like MD who lectures about “saving the children,” inept child abuse advocates, and a reporter who did his job.
The above image is from a internet available slide series. The lecturer was a post grad at the hospital where this case originated. A recognized contributor to this was the MD who coined a term “sentinel injuries” of child abuse which is merely a substitute for “preexisting.” Here is that 2013 article. She is also mentioned in the above case.
Here’s a quick look at police “cart before the horse” attitudes on forensics.
https://telecoms.com/502056/london-police-push-forward-with-controversial-facial-recognition-tech/
No better than guessing. Still in use by you know who.
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-polygraph-job-screening-black-mirror/
The DC lab was founded in 2012 as independent from cops. That lasted abt a year when the cops took it back. See how that has turned out.
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