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SpaghettiO caper, Battles over Forensics, Public Policy efforts and wrongful convictions

Posted on October 1, 2014 by csidds

In California, another bill involving a valiant attempt to prevent the strong correlation of prosecutorial misconduct (in over 800 cases, only less than a 2  handfusl have led to Bar sanctions against state prosecutors) and wrongful convictions was vetoed this … Continue reading →

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Based on a notorius bitemark case: CA legislation plans to reject use of junk and outdated forensics in court @csidds

Posted on April 12, 2014 by csidds

Radley Balko at the Washington Post’s “The Watch” announces California Senate Bill (SB1048) intent to direct the courts to consider scientific progress and reject junk opinions of debunked forensic methods and prosecutorial bias favoring “finality of verdicts.” He speaks to the … Continue reading →

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