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Tryout for Facial Recognition Algorithm is a Total Flop
This one was done during a festival in the UK. “It was only a test, which was successful” seems a bit over the top. I can’t wait to see how the Rapid-DNA coming to your local cop shop does in … Continue reading
Looking at wrongful convictions and the politics of US incarceration
A time line on the growing trends for future increase of innocents being convicted. Police forensics clearly has a hand in this. Racial targeting is another. Although Gross says there’s no way to know an exact number, “at least tens … Continue reading
Forensics at it’s worst – Is DNA change an “upgrade” or a “coverup” for past junk?
The New York Times and ProPublica presents: Thousands of Criminal Cases in New York Relied on Disputed DNA Testing Techniques Once again we look at the tenuous reliability of forensic expertise in US criminal courts. This time it is New … Continue reading
The logic of forensic identification gets some airtime – Talking about PCAST
“Finding the Way Forward for Forensic Science in the US” from Forensic Science International. For some this article may seem esoteric, but its worth a try, especially if you are a non-science trained forensic tech, prosecutor or judge. “This paper is … Continue reading
A very glib media look at TV forensics
Another ho-hum look at media shows using forensic science as characters using their mythology of “how it’s done.” I’ve never seen an equal amount of attention paid to what it takes to exonerate people from flawed convictions by prosecutors, exaggerated … Continue reading
Fingerprints convict and then unconvict Michigan man after 20 years in prison
Another case refuting idiots saying exoneration litigation is an “industry.” Criminal defense funding in the US is merely a fraction of what prosecutors and police get from asset forfeiture, local budgets, and federal grants. Take a look at who represented … Continue reading
#IAFS NH judge goes postal on law enforcement dragging on review of 18,000 tainted cases
Judge, lawyers: State dragging feet on Amherst drug lab scandal This is not the first massive review of forensic that has fallen into prosecutorial limbo. The FBI crime labs self-discredited Bullet Lead and Hair Matching debacle are still “hanging fire” … Continue reading
#IAFS Forensic technology vulnerable to hacking
DNA sequencing tools lack robust protections against cybersecurity risks Malware attacks on large scale forensic computer system is not a myth. http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/08/10/dna-sequencing-tools-lack-robust-protections-against-cybersecurity-risks/
Ballistic DA in bitemark case goes after Innocence Project attorneys and a blog
A prosecutor has his shorts in a bind over press coverage and an op-ed about his bitemark case. My guess is, by inference, the discussion of the continued prosecutorial use of junk forensics should be hidden from public view. The IP has … Continue reading
Chris Fabricant of the IP talks about judges avoiding science in the courtroom
“At some point, we have to acknowledge that precedent has to be overruled by scientific reality.” Some of that science — analysis of bite marks, latent fingerprints, firearms identification, burn patterns in arson investigations, footwear patterns and tire treads — … Continue reading
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