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Familiar? Another bitemark conviction getting a DNA-based look after 16 years
Forensic science is not immune to the need for retesting and consideration of its’ flawed methods -Anon The number of exonerations in the US is probably going to increase with the addition of ‘new DNA technology’ evidence recovered from a … Continue reading
Right to confront prosecution forensic expert now costs defendants $600
NC hates to send their forensic lab experts to court to attest to their labwork and experience the joy of cross-examination. That’s since Melendez- Diaz happened in 2009. It threw crime lab techs into court to authenticate and defend their … Continue reading
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#Forensics scandal – Reinstated Scottish fingerprint expert gets the boot – again
Is there a common source for these prints? Shirley McKie was and maybe still is, a fingerprint detective with a Scottish police agency. In the late 90’s she was part of a murder investigation that centered on identifying the man … Continue reading
Is this ‘fixing’ forensic science? Judge says police crime lab ‘blew it’
In a manner of speaking a judge said that in Boston….. It was that damned news media using that phrase, not the government agency that messed this up. Here is a prime example what is wrong about not requiring police … Continue reading
Course syllabus for detecting science frauds, jerks and poseurs among us
Sherlock would be proud. Take the time to read down this U of Washington course outline on “bullshit” detection in academia and society in general. The online class is closed but plans for expansion are promised. New article from StatNews. … Continue reading
Bitemarkers double-down with a “pay-to-play” membership drive #AAFS2017
The on-going American Academy of Forensic Science meeting in New Orleans is a wealth of information on how its varied membership and disciplines manage their little fiefdoms every year. The bitemarkers (American Board of Forensic Odontology) membership numbers are dwindling. … Continue reading
#AAFS 2017 : Watch out for the ‘ATTACK of the bite mark matchers’ in NOLA
Have a look at this in depth Washington Post series about certain ‘scientific’ AAFS members who will be showing off their wares in the Odontology Section this week. This is a small bunch of believers. Two Odontology members, Cynthia Brzozowki … Continue reading
More scientists gang up against the bitemarkers – Oxford University Press -#AAFS2017
It’s just a dental journal (see pg. 68), but this op-ed piece may be the FIRST time organized dentistry has spoken out about the flim-flam of bitemark ‘science.’ The anonymous author is quietly referencing a recent publication from the Journal … Continue reading
PCAST ‘withering under intellectual scrutiny’ = #Alternativefacts #Forensic #Science
I’ve been waiting for this rag to come out with this type of mendacious Alt-Speak about the scientific efforts focused on forensics by the US Congress, National Academy of Sciences, and Obama’s Executive branch. This scrutiny (by established empirical scientists … Continue reading
Crime lab accreditors getting a black eye and lose credibility over Austin lab
Nothing like using empirical data to establish CJ problems that are largely ignored by governmental practitioners. A few folks have been been saying this about ANSI/ASCLD for years. Here’s a scandal-in-point. Crime labs. From the NYC Legal Aid DNA Newsletter … Continue reading
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