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Making Sense of DNA Genetics – #AAFS2017 – Epigenetics is mentioned
This is a primer-level (being in a brochure format) look on the subject and has some gaps as far as interpretation of DNA partial profiles and mixtures but admits that, even with algorithmic software, there still is human interpretation in … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, criminal justice reform, DNA mixtures, DNA profiling
Tagged CSI, DNA, DNA profiling, Forensic science, forensic science education
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Awesome list of recent NY Times articles about forensic science and police #AAFS2017
All of this is newsworthy and bridges forensic science, enforcement and criminal justice. Includes multiple pages of archives. Topics on page one: Maggots Familial DNA in crime and civil rights Crime scene photography of the deceased. Christina Cattaneo identifying migrants … Continue reading
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Tagged CSI, exoneration, Forensic science, Miscarriage of justice, wrongful convictions
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Todays’ Latest Forensics and Law Info from the Web #AAFS2017
Immigration heroes from the past. The Royal College of Surgeons from 1938. “I am a refugee from Nazi oppression.” Florida finger-print “expert” on the hot seat. Thousands of lawyers notified. Mr. Palacio is an 18 year crime lab veteran. Epigenetic DNA … Continue reading
More scientists gang up against the bitemarkers – Oxford University Press -#AAFS2017
It’s just a dental journal (see pg. 68), but this op-ed piece may be the FIRST time organized dentistry has spoken out about the flim-flam of bitemark ‘science.’ The anonymous author is quietly referencing a recent publication from the Journal … Continue reading
A Monopoly Game of Rules: prosecutors, defense attorneys, forensic experts #AAFS2017
More Rules for those interested in how Ethics responsibilities appear in the US legal compendium. All the players are included. Here (at the bottom) is the abstract of a future presentation by Mississippi Innocent Project’s founder and director, Tucker Carrington … Continue reading
Looking at a Model Rules for Forensic Conduct – #AAFS2017
Ironically, the legal profession in the US and British Commonwealth have Rules of Conduct for lawyers. I am at a loss as to Rules for the Forensic Expert that follow these scientific method protections in research and testimony to the … Continue reading
Another reviewer looks at “Forensic Science Reform: Protecting the Innocent”
This one is from Brandon Garrett, Professor of Law at University of Virginia. He is the author of “Convicting the Innocent: Where Prosecutions Go Wrong. (2011). Reviews “There is a revolution in forensic science in this country and this book … Continue reading
Microorganisms at crime scene to Identify PPL?
Can you imagine collecting this info at a Chuck e Cheese crime scene? OMG. As usual, “detection outstrips interpretation” according to @maxmhouck. $600 thousand NIJ grant.
Crime lab mess redux: Now it’s Alaska’s $90M boondoggle
These stories just keep coming ……. It seems the public’s confidence in the “theory(ies) of crime detection” appears to be eroding from top ( governmental PCAST deniers) to the bottom. Take your pick on the bottom. Wanna try “Making a … Continue reading
News from in and around the world of Forensics
Mortuary training for those so inclined. Drop by on Sat in the UK. “Looking forward to seeing you.” (the picture shows a mannequin on the table). Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong crash kills 37. There is a forensic side … Continue reading
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