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Excellent “DNA Newsletter” on forensics, prosecutions, junk experts, and more
Forensics in the News A republish from the NY Legal Aid Society’s “DNA Newsletter” @CeliaGivens 6th Circuit US Court of Appeals rules in US v. Carpenter that the government did not violate defendants’ Fourth Amendment rights by collecting cell site … Continue reading
Forensics: National Inst of Justice training webinars
Controlled Substances & Toxicology Focus on DNA Sequencing IPE & Trace Evidence Postmortem Interval & Molecular Autopsy
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Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, criminal justice, CSI, Forensic science
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The nature of DNA exonerations are changing
The National Registry of Exonerations just published data on the various crime types of cases where exonerations occur. DNA exonerations no longer occur primarily in rape cases, but in homicides, including many rape-murder cases. In addition, the number of DNA … Continue reading
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Tagged criminal justice, CSI, DNA profiling, Exculpatory Evidence, exoneration, wrongful convictions
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Forensics revisionist talks to crimelabs about “some” 1200 exonerations as “innocence fraud.”
added 12-1-2016: we can now add the President’s Council on Sci Tech’s forecast of future directions needed within most crime lab methods. Once again the law enforcement “communities” choked on 178 pg report. That would be the FBI, US DOJ, … Continue reading