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Flickering Examples of Science getting into Forensics | From Science and the DNA Newsletter
Forensic labs and experts considering blind testing to remove potential context bias At the NIST “Error Management” Conference earlier this month, experts agreed that “a key problem…is that people who evaluate evidence from crime scenes have access to information about … Continue reading
Federal judge opinion about “experts peddling junk science to credulous judges and jurors”…..
This federal court (from the Chicago area) opinion speaks to how people exonerated of serious crimes have little legal recourse (having no state statutes and judicial case law privileges or right to sue most government “actors.”) for recompense for damages caused … Continue reading
Latest on #SandraBland investigation | From @MarshallProj
What happened inside Cell 95? A Texas official says police are investigating the death of Sandra Bland as a murder, but videotape from the jail shows no one entering her cell during the critical moments before she was found hanged. … Continue reading
Justice Kozinski on Lying Police and more on forensic science and CJ “guesswork”
EVIDENCE OF POLICE DISHONESTY LEADS TO OVERTURNED CONVICTIONS NATIONWIDE Here are some quotes from a justice of the US Ninth Circuit of Appeals. Justice Alex Kozinski talks about police misconduct and worse in the Debra Milke case. “The Ninth Circuit … Continue reading
Remains of Nazi anatomy prof’s victims found at French forensic institute
Nazi anatomist’s collection of Holocaust victims “discovered” in France. A horrible period in European history. Human experimentation by the Third Reich and its collaborators. The endless story about untested rape kits leads to Idaho. You can tell LE is predominantly run by … Continue reading
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Forensics: Causes of death stranger than seen on CSI
Death by “microwave.” A Forensic Sci Int abstract of a paper on human carbonization by drug traffickers. Subscription needed 24 hour access costs $31.50. Strangulation homicide staged as a suicide by hanging. Cost the same as #1. For those so inclined … Continue reading
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Philippine Forensics: Dust-up over 1995 manner of death of a US Naval Officer
The officer’s family disputes suicide findings of multiple US and Phil criminal investigators. They brought in a “US forensic expert” who has an interesting pedigree. I wonder how much he charged the family for services? Full article A massive PR piece … Continue reading
At what price, freedom? The moral challenges in forensic testifying. Some win and some fail miserably.
At what price, freedom?. An opinion article about expert witness integrity and examples of some total failures in the forensic science industry. From Dr. Mary Beth Hauptle, the most experienced forensic investigator dentist in the US. I am serious.
Mini-police crime labs sprouting up all over thanks to the American Soc of Crime Labs
Somebody needs to tell this Winston-Salem police chief how “speedy crime lab tests” (to avoid huge delays from the state lab) might not work out so well in some circumstances. The “speedy trial” reward for being “speedy” in that his … Continue reading
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Multiple US forensic pathologists run afoul of “hired gun” syndrome and double dipping
This associate ME in Montana thought he ran the entire show but found that overdoing it on SBS and overstating the same thing for private car companies all the time can catch up with you. A loose cannon. And this CA … Continue reading
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