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Forensics: These are the Fortune 500 companies that have active contracts with ICE
From AT&T to FedEx, these are the organizations contracting with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. — Read on http://www.yahoo.com/news/fortune-500-companies-active-contracts-145028888.html
Forensics: 79-year-old man sues feds for $50 million over immigration raid injuries | AP News
A 79-year-old man in Southern California has filed a $50 million claim against the federal government, alleging civil rights violations during an immigration raid. — Read on apnews.com/article/immigration-raids-los-angeles-ice-lawsuit-6c94ce6e7873581e9f3bebb6f5cbb0df
Police: Japan. Forensics analyst sacked for repeatedly faking DNA tests
SAGA—A forensic DNA analyst here was fired for committing more than 100 acts of misconduct, including fabricating reports about DNA tests that he never performed, Saga prefectural police said on Sept. 8. — Read on http://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/16017256
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Tagged Bad forensic science, Criminal Justice, Forensic science
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Forensics: When junk science locks up innocent parents: the truth about Shaken Baby Syndrome. – YouTube
In the 1980s and 1990s, Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) was a popular medical theory used to arrest and convict innocent parents of fatally abusing their children. Unknown at the time, this theory was severely scientifically flawed. Unfortunately, erroneous data collection … Continue reading
Forensics: Costs of bad convictions. this one is $50M.
This US state is approaching $1B in exon awards over 2 decades. https://chicagocrusader.com/wrongfully-convicted-man-awarded-over-50m-in-federal-court/
Forensics: Colorado Springs shooter Aldrich audio demanding newspaper remove story about his bomb threat arrest two years ago.
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Tagged Colarado mass murder, Criminal Justice, LBGTQ
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Forensics: Autopsy of a Crime Lab | Dispelling the myth of a perfect forensic match – YouTube
New book! Brandon Garrett, the L. Neil Williams Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law and Director of the Wilson Center for Science and Justice, discusses the fallacies and flaws in forensic “science.” — Read on http://www.youtube.com/watch
Posted in AAFS, Crime lab scandal, forensic evidence exaggeration, Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform, wrongful convictions
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, Bad forensic science, Brandon Garret, Criminal Justice, wrongful convictions
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Forensics disaster in the UK. Looking at £s wasted and evidence lost
Take a close look at this one. Government “savings” turned into a mayhem of chaos since the 2012 closure of the FSS. Dont talk to police or politicians abt forensics. http://www.labnews.co.uk/article/2029976/forensics-in-crisis
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Tagged Bad forensic science, crime labs, Criminal Justice, CSI, Forensic science
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Deeper look at how prosecutors “ambush” criminal defendants with faulty forensics
………or do not turn over the forensics at all. It’s as if they never went to law school and took Evidence 101. DAs rarely get sanctioned or disciplined afterwards although recently, a Long Island DA got fired. Mistrial granted on … Continue reading
New Ohio exoneration casts worries about a ‘Sessions Effect’ on criminal justice
E I’m just coining a turn to a familiar forensic science phrase, but US Attorney General Session’s cancelling the NCFS (federal forensic forensics commission) has brought added attention to flawed police science long advertised as being a legal certainty. It … Continue reading
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