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Forensics: Incredible story of junk Canadian commercial lab ruining lives
This is unbelievable. Well, not really. We can add to the list of state run forensic labs who kow-tow to prosecutors needing felony drug possession convictions. How families lost custody of their children. https://news.vice.com/article/this-canadian-lab-spent-20-years-ruining-lives
Empirical science ignored in these new and old cases; Bitemarks win, DNA loses
When science is not important, forensic evidence is just hocus-pocus ( i.e. mumbo-jumbo; “complicated activity or language usually intended to obscure and confuse” ) in the courtroom. All I can say from the cases in The Latest from the World of … Continue reading
Texas leading massive review of criminal cases based on change in DNA calculations
For those who commented that the recent “updating” of DNA population mixture statistics would be merely a mini-blip in its potential effect on criminal cases, this Texas state-wide revisit of DNA aided convictions should be a downer. Galveston County District Attorney … Continue reading
National Geographic blog ponders TV CSI versus on-the-street CSI
A writer with an industrial chemistry background as a few things to say about the reality of confusion surrounding the “Making of a Murder” documentary. She focuses on the blood evidence from the second murder and makes some good points. … Continue reading
Judge hyper-sensitive to a “spot of DNA” transfer by police deemed no foul after investigation
Its just a blip of biology, according to the Scottish authorities and their reviewers. Here’s the gist of what took place but doesn’t explain why it took years to review…….is it the prosecution looking bad? If you read the article, … Continue reading
Forensics : Details of trace evidence obtained in child murder/abuse case in Canada
The only thing the defense could get in rebuttal was that the CSI tech didn’t “test” every object available at the crime scene residence. Its a hint that the CSI could have missed some exculpable evidence usable for the defense’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, CSI, Forensic science, forensic testimony
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Forensic Bias? Did an autopsy doc get wind of a suspect’s confession now considered coerced?
The interplay of homicide death investigations conducted by medical personnel employed by the same agency investigating a suspect is fodder for doubts concerning undo influence. Its the subject of this The Intercept article just out from Jordan Smith. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged crime labs, Criminal Justice, CSI, expert witnesses
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Forensics: The vagaries of determining the Time of Death (TOD) during autopsy
The recent ABC 20/20 show “Her last chance” on California Innocence Project’s client, Kimberly Long, put in perspective how some police agencies get help or by omission, no help, from pathology information. In Kim’s case, her conviction being vacated is … Continue reading
Forensics: Failed forensic footwear test leads to firing and failed lawsuit against WI DOJ
Talk about a headache for crime lab management. The fired footwear examiner started by alleging the shoeprint exam was flawed to begin with. http://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=24514
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Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, Criminal Justice, CSI, Forensic science
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Forensics: Cross exam of a crime lab DNA tech gets high marks for drama
This case has some excellent insight into how a defense attorney finds a crack in a lab tech’s QA protocols [ she spit on a DNA sample] and then tries to blow up all the other work-product used by the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, Criminal Justice, CSI, district attorney, DNA profiling
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