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Forensic Error Rates: This is Scary about FBI facial recog database: 20% error rate
The article says the feds 547 million foto archive has had some successes. This writer throws this out this tidbit about facial “uniqueness.” Hope the feds have your portrait quality snaps. Some testing, however, indicates the fed system has a … Continue reading
“Those damn bite marks, if his parents had just got him orthodontia he wouldn’t be in this predicament.”
Defense attorney from 1986 murder trial says bite-mark evidence was persuasive to jury. Both prosecution bitemark experts belonged to the ABFO. The defense bitemark expert believed that the method was real “science.” http://www.richmond.com/news/article_e87446cc-3e5e-51b2-99fd-bdbb963b8ee3.html#.VwVIf_NKQ7o.twitter
Forensics 101: The backlash of being a defense expert “for” OJ: from Michael Baden
This is a recent audio interview of Michael Baden who critiqued the prosecution’s pathology evidence in the OJ trial. Getting the cold-shoulder from police and colleagues is just one aspect of the toolkit of forensic “scientists” disliking debate regarding their methods. … Continue reading
Putting the bone puzzle back together in a murder case.
This report has an excellent vid. http://globalnews.ca/news/2611799/expert-forensic-anthropologist-testifies-in-ryan-lane-murder-trial/
Flawed forensic testing has no boundaries: Long term testing scandal in Canada
“Sick Kids” is the nom-de-plume of the hospital providing chemical testing of drug and hair evidence. Somehow this report uses “clinical testing” as a substitute, rather than “forensic testing.” For years this hospital lab’s customers have been law enforcement related … Continue reading
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Forensics: Improvements to the #AAFS Ethics bylaws may prevent future abuse of its power
Something new has occurred since previous posts on my 2013, 2014 and 2015 experiences with the bitemark believers’ attempts to run me off the rails and attack my credibility by hijacking the American Academy of Forensic Sciences‘ Code of Ethics. … Continue reading
Indian authorities send the wrong body to London for forensic testing : DNA doesn’t match?
Huh? This article is so poorly written, I’m not sure that happened. Either the reference sample of the murder victim was incorrect, or the cops sent the wrong body. “The DNA report from Mohali-based forensic laboratory has confirmed that the … Continue reading
AAAS News Magazine features Forensic Articles with some Science “Evidence on trial”
The editors write: “This special issue of Science shows that forensic analysts are trying to do better. Many fields are taking a critical look at the value of evidence, testing the accuracy of their methods, and developing new ones that … Continue reading
Doubts of arson reliability occurring in Pennsylvania. IP using Todd Willingham wrongful conviction expert
The prosecution claims “overwhelming” evidence exists even if an arson inspector’s opinions of this defendant’s guilt is no longer supported. The upcoming new trial will prove or disprove that theory. One glaring similarity of this case with Todd Willingham’s conviction … Continue reading
UK MD “Erased” Waney Squier “distain” for her peers is claptrap. Famed Spilsbury would be ashamed.
Spilsbury in his lab. A bunch of stuffed medical shirts demand their respect at all costs to public safety and claim “ipse dixit” expertise to those who submit to their “peer” review. “Disdainers” beware. Respect your betters in science or … Continue reading
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