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Honorable Christopher Plourd gets a position on the OSAC Forensic Governing Board
Judge Plourd has been a distinctive opponent of bitemark ‘matching’ going back to the exoneration of Ray Krone (AZ) (first pic), Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer (MS) (second pic). As a criminal defense attorney he engineered a sting operation posing as an … Continue reading
The US is Looking at Forensic Science real hard in the era of Trump/Sessions
The game and it’s players: 100 + days of DC powerbroker alt-facts on forensics are running up against years of real science facts, crime lab failures, and over 2000 exonerations. On and on it goes. The central theme seems to … Continue reading
Assault on Science persisting in the US Department of Justice – Updates
The War Over Forensic Science Started Well Before Jeff Sessions-Wired Critics worry ‘junk science‘ to reign as forensic panel ends– Chron.com QA: The U.S. Department of Justice scrapped independent forensics panel, but the scientific…– Science Magazine Matthew T. Mangino: The … Continue reading
Medical product liability case lends itself as a framework on Junk Forensics use in US courts
If only there was a Rule for judges to take the time to use their own Rules on the subject of expert testimony on forensic subjects. This brief review of a civil plantiff’s complaint (Jones) against biophosphonase maker Novartis travels … Continue reading
US Forensics look forward is getting confused – mirroring Trump’s crony Sessions
We should consider the US Department of Justice declining to renew the Natl Commission on Forensic Science just a foretelling of the retrenching push by police and prosecutor to remain outside normal scientific influences. This agency of public safety via … Continue reading
Alchemy, prosecutors, junk science and bitemarks – NY Times
This pic has gotten alot of action over the last few years. It originated at the University Buffalo School of Dentistry and shows plaster models of human teeth used at Dr. Mary and Peter Bush research center. Joining the accelerating … Continue reading
The odds of Innocents getting convicted just increased with Sessions – The Atlantic
“The attorney general is standing athwart a long overdue movement to reform forensics yelling stop.” “Sessions was the first Congressperson to endorse The Donald.” “Lest you think it is unfair to tar Sessions with Trump’s execrable behavior, here is what … Continue reading
DOJ takeover of forensic policy making and practice – Comments Deadline Ap 12 11:59 EDT
Making comments to the US DOJ is largely pointless since its boss AG Sessions is determined to control the playing field of US forensic science to the advantage of the prosecutors. All of this is via their series of lies … Continue reading
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Stand Strong On Forensic Science Reform – And AGAINST DOJ FAKE NEWS
I have played a bit of poker in my day, but the double-crosses and bluffing we are getting from the our glorious leaders of the Republican Administration is getting old fast. Their deconstructing and lock-step revision of 10 years of … Continue reading
University-based #Forensic Science 50 years of independent crime analysis – Scotland
Strathclyde University’s forensic program began way before DNA showed up in the 80’s and clearly operates untouched by police management of their operations and decision-making. In the US, the police forensic experts can show up in uniforms or wearing their … Continue reading
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