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Ukrainian chief forensic expert shot in retaliation for MH 17 recovery efforts
Chilling news. A suspect has been arrested. http://www.inquisitr.com/2987484/suspect-arrested-over-attempted-assassination-of-chief-forensic-expert-in-mh17-crash-investigation/
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Harward’s exoneration from a 33 year old bitemark conviction brings out comments from DA expert.
“In a statement, Levine said he was upset and disturbed at the result, given that the case produced wide agreement among examiners who had access to more information than is often available. “This case should persuade all my colleagues to … Continue reading
TX and CA: How Prosecutors ignore the effects of junk forensic science on their convictions.
CSI forensics seems to be infallible on TV. Not as much in the real world. Try reading”Bitten by Experts” from Jordan Smith at The Intercept. Its all about the junk. In the same vein, this article gives a closeup on where the … Continue reading
Forensic Error Rates: This is Scary about FBI facial recog database: 20% error rate
The article says the feds 547 million foto archive has had some successes. This writer throws this out this tidbit about facial “uniqueness.” Hope the feds have your portrait quality snaps. Some testing, however, indicates the fed system has a … Continue reading
“Those damn bite marks, if his parents had just got him orthodontia he wouldn’t be in this predicament.”
Defense attorney from 1986 murder trial says bite-mark evidence was persuasive to jury. Both prosecution bitemark experts belonged to the ABFO. The defense bitemark expert believed that the method was real “science.” http://www.richmond.com/news/article_e87446cc-3e5e-51b2-99fd-bdbb963b8ee3.html#.VwVIf_NKQ7o.twitter
Forensics 101: The backlash of being a defense expert “for” OJ: from Michael Baden
This is a recent audio interview of Michael Baden who critiqued the prosecution’s pathology evidence in the OJ trial. Getting the cold-shoulder from police and colleagues is just one aspect of the toolkit of forensic “scientists” disliking debate regarding their methods. … Continue reading
Forensics: Improvements to the #AAFS Ethics bylaws may prevent future abuse of its power
Something new has occurred since previous posts on my 2013, 2014 and 2015 experiences with the bitemark believers’ attempts to run me off the rails and attack my credibility by hijacking the American Academy of Forensic Sciences‘ Code of Ethics. … Continue reading
Bitemark president still wants bitemark brethren to go to court
Despite lacking any scientific bases to what they profess to be “scientific,” the new boss of the ABFO bitemark bunch waxes nostalgic about “standing with giants, ” gives lip service to the Tx Forensic Commission and then leaves his membership … Continue reading
Interview with bitemark expert on his testimony in a 1986 conviction case approaching recantation?
Science marches on. So do opinions of forensic experts. In this case, the original trial transcripts are asserted to be proof of now debunked bitemark identifications being used to aid a murder and rape conviction from decades ago. One dentist … Continue reading
Excellent coverage on Forensic Science Reform battling it out at #AAFS2016
Some were glad, others were sad, and others were mad at this year’s AAFS. A few were defensive. These two veteran investigative reporters for The Intercept, Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith, entered the annual realm of the “crime fighting” American … Continue reading
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