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US DOJ puts some teeth into review of other forensic practices beside just hair matching
Assistant DOJ director Sally Yates takes the high road in the direction of vetting closed criminal cases using other “police forensic sciences” involving “patterns.” Her statements indicates concerns about examiners “overstating” their conclusions in court. That bypasses whether the methods … Continue reading
Forensics : A digital compendium about how to stage a crime scene
Well, its not really a compendium, just some links about general crime scene opinions at the end. Not surprisingly, the resources are really anecdotal and little to none show empirical investigation. Hey, this is forensic “police science,” not CSI, right? … Continue reading
Is DNA Source Code argument similar to the IPhone secrecy argument?
Obviously not the same, but its aggravating and sad that Prosecutors are pro on the cracking of IPhone codes but are defending the DNA software guy in order to protect his “proprietary interests.” http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemlee/dna-software-code
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The shocking and tawdry history of Forensics in Mississippi ignored by US 5th Circuit once again
The US Fifth Circuit turns its back on a huge forensics scandal in Mississippi I have spent nearly 20 years investigating cases from this state involving death penalty cases and life sentences related to the errant pathology and “science” experts … Continue reading
Forensics : Bypassing IPhone fingerprint system is cheap and easy to do
Just buy some special ink jet printer ink that conducts an electrical charge. Now to just match up all the fingerprints stolen from the IRS to the actual person’s iPhone. No gonna happen. Cops might like the idea. Fingerprints are … Continue reading
State liability for faked crime lab testing goes to the jury – Boston
Former state chemist Annie Dookhan was sentenced to three to five years in state prison after she pleaded guilty in 2013 to tampering with evidence and filing false reports. 9:15 am PDT update at the bottom Massachusetts is first up … Continue reading
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Forensics : Montana State crime lab gets some positive PR, then this happens.
Here we go again…. Local media loves PR releases from chief Prosecutors and crime lab directors who talk about improvements to their response times for forensic analyses. It’s titled “The Reality of the Montana State Crime Lab.” It was first posted … Continue reading
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The Locard Fallacy: “Unique” impression evidence fails statistical tests once again : Ballistics
Considering that the Innocence Projects database (almost 350) of DNA exonerations shows a 46% contribution from unvalidated or faulty forensic testimony, this featured article focuses on bullet “matching” and by association extends to tires and bite marks. From my last … Continue reading
Messing with drug evidence gets a DA reviewing 300 closed cases in Oregon
Tampered drug evidence in Oregon crime lab investigation continues. So far, 7 cases will be dismissed. More work will be needed for DA to finish hundreds of case reviews. Defense attorneys probably will run big objections to cases not dismissed … Continue reading
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“OJ Knife” brings out comments from past players including OJ’s science expert H C Lee
I think Dr. Lee’s quote (after the Court TV re-cap from 2007) indicates he’s curious about how all this could contrast with his own testimony from the original trial. He was an OJ forensic science expert and confabulated most of … Continue reading
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