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‘This isn’t CSI’ : The science behind forensic toxicology
Taking a close look at why forensic tox is so complicated and takes weeks to months to complete. Unlike other medical tests, where technicians isolate a specific compound like cholesterol, Middleberg says that you don’t always know what you’re looking … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, CSI, forensic toxicology
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, CSI, Forensic science, forensic toxicology
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Forensic Research: Poo on shoes and fingerprint fat on silicon wafers
Let me say that the following researchers are totally serious about what they do. I also surmise that they are getting funding from government-related law enforcement orgs to pursue their endeavors. Both have established hypotheses. Here’s 1). Materials commonly found … Continue reading
Bite Mark Evidence Sends Innocent Man to Death Row
Ray Krone was arrested for the sexual assault and brutal murder of a female bartender in Phoenix, Arizona in 1991. The case rested largely on bite mark evidence on the body of the victim, 36-year-old Kim Ancona. Krone was dubbed … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, criminal justice reform, CSI, death penalty, National FOrensic Science Commission, Ray Krone bitemark case
Tagged ABFO, American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Bad forensic science, CSI, junk science, wrongful convictions
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Forensics: How an anti-lie detector examiner ran afoul of the feds.
This is a long read, but is worth it. Its rather incredible that anyone who admits or “confesses” to crimes and misdeeds to a non law enforcement examiner providing prepping them to pass a lie detector test. The rub appears … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, CSI, forensic examiner error, lie detection
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Forensics: Politicos and Prosecutors run amuck protecting their interests in running US crime labs
A fully developed expose’ by William C. Thompson of the University of Irvine. He expounds the ‘sub rosa’ motivations of the DC big wigs who this year fired the managers and legal counsel of one of the first independent crime … Continue reading
A USC alum and faculty who is a “Dental Detective” – The Ostrow School of Dentistry
This article starts on the school’s Trodent Summer 2015 digital magazine on page 17.
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
Forensics : 1960 When bitemarks were considered equal to fingerprints……..
………a British dentist said “bruises in human flesh” bitemarks were”unreliable evidence” and expressed reasons that were, 49 years later, used by the National Academy of Sciences in 2009 . He also said “usually a self-styled expert” and “so-called expert (s)” … Continue reading
Take a look at a properly arranged MS in Forensic Science in Kansas City, MO
This program emphasizes the high technique aspects of investigation with emphasis on multi-disciplinary science. I’m suggesting that the U Tenneseee rethink their MS in Odontology. (dentistry). Excerpt: “We spend a lot of time on the methodology. There’s a lot of verification … Continue reading
Forensics : Sandra Bland Autopsy Report performed 7/22/2015 confirms hanging evidence
Full report by Dr. Sara N. Doyle AME Harris County, Texas. Texas Tribune story.
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