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A new version of “fake expert” comes out of new WH advisory group.
According to ‘Rawstory,’ it’s lies, lies and how to make a living. To be fair, I’ve never heard of this guy. But looking at the information available at this time, he shows some extraordinary expertise from little to no credentials. … Continue reading
Events taking Forensic DNA into disputable areas leads to firings, lawsuits and rancor
Having just returned from the forensic science AAFS annual meeting, all I heard from the DNA people was that their conference was quiet and rather boring. They seemed to prefer sitting in the odontology bitemark session which was SRO. We … Continue reading
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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DC considering tightening rules to combat junk science in its courts
Talk about partisan politics in the judicial system. Washington DC lawyers (plantiffs lawyers of course. They sue people in civil courts mostly on a contingency basis) are whining (lets call it like it is) about the DC judiciary thinking about … Continue reading
UK Forensic Science system fading away to nothing : Opinion
Standards of forensic science under threat Quote from this article: “The main difficulty I have in writing about forensic developments in the UK is that there are very few due to the government closing down the Forensic Science Service several … Continue reading
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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
Update on ‘Baby Tyler’ Iowa death case. Crime fighting in the UK and AU comes up zip
Update: A classic example of legal/forensic relationship disharmony. Here are issue clarifications and further discussion from earlier CSIDDS blogs about an Iowa state medical examiner court hearing and trial testimony about cause and manner of death in a murder case. … Continue reading
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Pathologist gets spanked for using defendant’s statements as basis for determining cause and manner of death
This case defines some limits to what a medical expert can consider in rendering “with medical certainty” testimony. This should be a message to the odontologists who rely on law enforcement to determine how many people should be considered potential “biters” … Continue reading
A parable for battling forensic experts : Albert Einstein’s “stalker” named Philipp Lenard
Read about Einstein vs. Lenard at the The Raw Story This has a forensic ‘science’ connection, from a historical POV of long ago, but this quote………… “The story of Philipp Lenard reminds us that even scientists of the very highest caliber sometimes … Continue reading
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Tagged AAFS, ABFO, American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Bad forensic science, bitemark evidence, Criminal Justice, expert witnesses, forensic examiner error, Forensic science, forensic testimony, junk forensic science, junk science, wrongful convictions
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UK Forensics : Innocence Project is putting a stop to wrongful convictions across the world
Donate to the Innocent Project California Innocence Project: Mississippi IP New York IP ======================================= “There is no question there are wrongful convictions all over the world. There’s no country that is free from wrongful convictions and no country that would … Continue reading
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Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Bad forensic science, California Innocence Project, Claim of Innocence, Criminal Justice, Exculpatory Evidence, exoneration, expert witnesses, Forensic science, innocence project, National Commission on Forensic Science, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful convictions
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