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The New York Times Forensic Science discussion seems odd
One person talks about “fixing forensics.” The other asks for forensic experts to be more HONEST about the limitations of what they (for better or worse in some cases) generally call “science.” Talk about attacking a serious subject from both … Continue reading
24 forensic exonerations and dismissals later: bitemark matchers still in control
Nothing says how messed-up forensics science reform is than this 4 part series on the “elite” of the AAFS. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/02/20/the-path-forward-on-bite-mark-matching-and-the-rearview-mirror
Manhattan DA Melissa Mourges redacts 2009 NAS Forensic Report to mislead Frye hearing judge
Following with my previous blog’s theme of prosecutorial misconduct, here is a recent standout in the NYC courts’ process of determining science-affirmed expert testimony versus ‘forensic’ claptrap of a baser kind. This story exposes how lawyers bend facts to suit their … Continue reading
News Break : National Commission on Forensic Science member quits due to DOJ
Another addition to the growing list of questionable agenda and actions involving this Commission. Previous blogs at csidds.com talked about how the bitemark sub-committee, its chairman and its dentist members, are all adherents to the “shaky” forensic science of bitemark … Continue reading
New strategy in exoneration litigation: The Nullification of Innocence
Nothing is ever over in exoneration litigation, be it from exonerees’ difficulties in re-entering society, or when some DAs and police, with help from their lawyers, continue to chase after the men and women who have wrongfully endured imprisonment from … Continue reading
Vigil for the CA 11: Factually Innocent, Families ask for clemency
I attended this candle lit vigil with families of 11 prisoners in Cailfornia prisons. These cases show how false forensic science, inept lawyers and the legal system’s inadequate response to new science needs to be reviewed by Governor @JerryBrown. These … Continue reading
Junk Forensic Science Personified in the Media : Most Popular Theme of Forensics in Focus
This blog has arrived at 10,500 hits! Its growth seems to be almost exponential since I started FiF a couple years ago. It can’t be a coincidence that this year’s top theme in FiF (determined by WordPress) has to do … Continue reading
Befuddled #Forensic #Science dentists resort to a color chart as a safeguard against their history of faulty convictions
For the life of me, I cannot translate into words, what the think tank (really a kiddie pond) of the bitemark group (the ABFO recognized by the AAFS as an elite forensics certifying board) is now up to. Agronomy? Aborism … Continue reading
The truth comes out in #ONR8 David McCallum’s NYC case plus Don’t self medicate and then testify in criminal court
Forensics expert ‘had been on medication’ in the witness box. When a DA and a judge obstruct DNA testing, it doesn’t matter if you are innocent, you stay in prison. Forensic experts under major UK scrutiny. Are juries being blinded … Continue reading
Pushback from the bitemark believers denies bad cases can happen today. Total bs. Their keepers need to wake up.
The bitemark experts once AGAIN, promise that they will do better. Read the following recent website posting from their head honcho. As usual, nothing about where all his newly found reliability comes from. Maybe its his below-mentioned “Tree” system? All the … Continue reading
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