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How weakly supported #Forensics goes viral – The media’s responsibility
A glimpse at ‘modern forensics’ and the ‘modern media.’ In this story, we see evidence that various ‘news reporters’ and salaried journalists to the list of people like judges and DAs need better insight into the scientific method. I am … Continue reading
From mere suggestion, to simple research, to accurate “forensics” in 2 days – Hair II
New Hair Testing Technique Can Accurately Predict a Criminal’s Personal Traits The time line of promoting forensic research into actual use in criminal investigation seems to be incredibly rapid when reading media reports. It all started on Tuesday with this … Continue reading
A look at the promotion of new forensics – Hair news release
I just love how things have changed in the forensic science arena. One can all of a sudden go from some preliminary studies on human hair protein analysis (aka amino acid content) and then take it on the road to … Continue reading
Hair drug testing sounds 100% from this lecturer in Dubai
This news brief has nothing but praise. “Dr Kintz guided the participants on how to store the sample (in an envelope); when the test is best suited to be administered (after ten days of suspected time of consuming drug), how … Continue reading
Here we go again. Police Chief takes on problems in his Forensics DNA lab
Chief Hank Stawinski (above) is getting outside auditing help for his county crime lab. This article seems to say that an employee of his had previously been working at the Austin TX crime lab that was shut down last year. … Continue reading
Dubai Forensic meeting starts with a news article about semi-reliable certainties
This meeting in the UAE sounds interesting. It is named “Spotlight on Forensic Science.” I’m sure some important US forensic folks are attending. Barry Fisher of the AAFS is second speaker on the subject of “admissibility of pattern evidence” and … Continue reading
Leading Australian state DNA analyst seems to be in a bit of a pickle
This one article ( from a large collection) about a very senior Western Australia DNA prosecutorial lab DNA scientist raises a bunch of questions on his decades long case work. Here are some key comments: State’s leading DNA expert sacked. … Continue reading
Forensics: Archaic and scientifically bogus TX mental disability statute ruled unconstitutional
SCOTUS Rejects Texas’s Death Penalty Standards for Disabled Inmates – This could be huge for other states to follow suit regarding mental competence and the death penalty. Texas’s standards for evaluating mentally disabled death row inmates are unconstitutional, the Supreme … Continue reading
Proactive DA takes on issue of 600 cases involving chemist with drug addiction
This DA doing the right thing quickly. “From various parts of the country over the years have come stories about prosecutors and courts reluctant to overturn convictions even when defendants’ rights have been violated or when key evidence subsequently proved … Continue reading
Genetic ‘Stop and Frisk’ not such of a magic bullet after all – Familial DNA issues
It seems that most police sciences get validated (at least some do) AFTER the cops start using it. While DNA profiling is considered the ‘gold standard’ for identification (not DNA mixtures, however), this run-up to its use as a … Continue reading
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