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Forensics. Clothing seam pattern matching is junk.
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bite Marks, CSI, forensic fraud, junk forensic science
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Forensics: A “cavalier”and long-time shaken baby expert will not admit his decades of misdiagnoses.
Dr. Steiner’s “Saving the kids” mantra was later adopted by the bitemarkers.
Forensics: Canadian look at bias in expert testimony
An appellate judge says distorted expert testimony can “swallow the entire judicial process.”
https://www.lakecountrycalendar.com/columns/kootnekoff-problematic-experts-in-legal-proceedings/
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bite Marks, CSI, expert testimony, Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias
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Forensics: Perjury by a Prosecution expert #AAFS2020
Not all experts tell the truth. Good read for forensic students.
https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2020/02/daniel-j-wright-perjury-by/
Forensics: Psych tests mostly junk says NRC
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
Forensics: If the UK cares about justice, it must fund forensic services properly | Angela Gallop | Opinion | The Guardian
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
Forensics: More evidence of incompetent child abuse “experts” who jail innocent parents. #pseudoforensicscience
Can’t these dolts read a medical history?
https://coloradosun.com/2020/02/10/wrongly-accused-child-abuse/
Forensics: Trumps DNA is the center point in 1990’s rape accusation embedded in defamation lawsuit.
Delaying justice is a common tactic throughout his administration.
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Forensics: 1984 murder charge of crime labber now described as lab error.
Those DAs in San Diego are relentless. They’ve ignored this for decades. Crime lab guy suicided before trial. DNA never lies. Right?
Forensics: Real perps go free after false convictions
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/
