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Texas leads in tackling enormous potential changes in Forensic DNA cases
Editorial: Texas does the right thing in tackling enormous DNA review So, what’s happening in the rest of the US criminal justice’s scientific world on this topic? (excerpt) Imagine if hundreds of thousands of criminal cases across America suddenly had … Continue reading
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Peter Neufeld on the simple reasons bitemarks are dangerous to public safety and US justice
The Innocence Project’s co-founder on NPR explains the fundamental reasons why bitemark matching believers ( a shrinking few at this point) preaching before the National Commission on Forensic Science, the White House Office of Science and Technology and the Texas … Continue reading
Forensics; The Who What and How of bloodspattering opinions
The author is very optimistic and uses “science” inferences to this type of pattern observation method. He does talk a bit about standardizing terminology which is a good thing. The bad thing is he confuses multi-agreement among tested BPA examiners … Continue reading
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Forensics: Air contamination in commercial aircraft gains scientist’s concern
More fatalities linked to toxic cabin fumes, claims forensic expert A FORENSIC expert who carried out an autopsy on toxic air victim Richard Westgate has witnessed other fatalities linked to dangerous cabin fumes. http://www.express.co.uk/scotland/639597/More-fatalities-linked-to-toxic-cabin-fumes-claims-forensic-expert
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Texas Forensic Commission may take the national lead in eradicating bitemarks
Dr. Mary Bush is the pretty one. She and her hubby Peter have spent a decade forming scientific studies which debunked and then pissed off alot of dental bitemark experts in the US. These same media discredited experts comprise the … Continue reading
Forensics: Incredible story of junk Canadian commercial lab ruining lives
This is unbelievable. Well, not really. We can add to the list of state run forensic labs who kow-tow to prosecutors needing felony drug possession convictions. How families lost custody of their children. https://news.vice.com/article/this-canadian-lab-spent-20-years-ruining-lives
Empirical science ignored in these new and old cases; Bitemarks win, DNA loses
When science is not important, forensic evidence is just hocus-pocus ( i.e. mumbo-jumbo; “complicated activity or language usually intended to obscure and confuse” ) in the courtroom. All I can say from the cases in The Latest from the World of … Continue reading
Forensics: Elemental Chemistry gets further into criminal investigations
Tracking Movements With Isotopes Remember your Chemistry classes? Salt Lake County homicide detective Todd Park was in Reno, Nevada, for a conference about serial killers in 2007 when he first heard about what he calls “the isotope stuff.” A colleague … Continue reading
Texas leading massive review of criminal cases based on change in DNA calculations
For those who commented that the recent “updating” of DNA population mixture statistics would be merely a mini-blip in its potential effect on criminal cases, this Texas state-wide revisit of DNA aided convictions should be a downer. Galveston County District Attorney … Continue reading
Oh dear, a defense attorney wants to use a bitemark to counter cold case DNA
A criminal defendant’s attorney says a bitemark on a victim in a 27 year old murder is not his client’s teeth mark but someone else’s. The DA wisely isn’t using any junk bitemark opinions as there is ample DNA to identify the … Continue reading
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