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Altering the playing field of Forensic DNA statistics to bring major changes to criminal justice cases
The phrase “don’t mess with Texas” surely is true. The state’s Department of Public Safety Forensic Science Commission’s new stance on crime lab DNA mixture outcomes surely is going to bounce around the county like a flash bang grenade. … Continue reading
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US judiciary has blinders on when its allows egregious use of junk experts regardless of Constitutional protections
Even when exoneration cases have proven forensic experts wrong (the first 200 exons had a 57% error rate of the participating forensic types :Brandon Garrett, Judging Innocence, 108 COLUMBIA L. REV. 55, 107 (2007)), the US courts’ reliance on precedent … Continue reading
Can We Trust Crime Forensics?
A FLAMIMG MAGICIAN DETECTING THE REAL CRIMINAL (NOTE THE DISPARATE PARTICIPANTS OF THE LINEUP). From the Scientific American Aug 18 2015 The bloom is certainly off the flower, when the SA starts publicizing the mythologies contained in the corners of forensic … Continue reading
The crumbling US criminal defense system – clients are 80% indigent – DAs get 4x more funding –
This data leads one to answer the question: “Why does the US leads in numbers and percentages of incarcerated populations?” Here’s another one: “Why are the numbers of exonerations increasing every year?” and so forth. By Tina Peng NEW ORLEANS The … Continue reading
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Going to reach 20,000 for 2015.
US Army Crime Lab enters the realm of “personal DNA” sequencing looking for hair an eye color
Battele Inc’s research leader used to run the FBI DNA nuclear DNA unit. Now his company is coming into the big game of identifying human physical traits from genomic DNA “markers” (ie.e alleles) not used in current criminal science systems. … Continue reading
Deep into false forensic science from the FBI
Hair analysis ‘should be abolished,’ says wrongly incarcerated man 1978 Double murder. 37 years in prison. “He said that the pubic hair was microscopically similar to mine—microscopically similar.” Joseph Sledge was no saint, and the police knew it. Then … Continue reading
Some DAs wandering afar from ethical guidelines
Leaking prosecutors seem to be getting some attention from the FEDS. But they ultimately get slapped on the pinky finger. As in prosecutor Mike Nifong in the Duke rape railroad case getting one day in jail. Its even worse when … Continue reading
PRADE: Ohio defendant gets a 2d evidentiary hearing regarding DNA from coat sleeve over a bitemark
Douglas Prade was previously considered for release in 2013, “….. based on advanced DNA testing that excluded Prade from crucial crime-scene evidence — a bite mark under a lab coat worn by Dr. Prade [the defendant’s wife] on the morning … Continue reading
Forensics: Bitemark matching in “India” Documentary
I would love to see the “bitemark” police talk about in this recent case. The authorities should rely on DNA obtained from the bitemark itself not a bitemark “fingerprint.” BBC documentary Previous blog on India’s bitemark expertise. This may be … Continue reading
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