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Last ditch efforts to stay another execution in Texas. Plus a new series from the Washington Post on resistance to forensic reform.
A last minute effort to stay Rodney Reed’s execution in TX is based on new expert review of erroneous Time of Death opinion at the conviction trial. The litigation is led by the Innocence Project. There is a petition to the … Continue reading
Forensic Science Mess-ups, Cover-ups and Worse: Cheating DA Affect Murder Case: Recognition for CSIDDS Book:
RECOGNITION FOR THE BOOK Forensic Testimony. Science, Law and Forensic Evidence. I had something to do with it. BAD FORENSIC NEWS Caption: Memorial in front of burned out city hall Forensics experts slam Mexico’s 43 missing students probe A team of … Continue reading
Forensics: Costs of forensic expert witnesses in a murder trial with the defendant facing the death penalty.
Costs of forensic expert witnesses in a murder trial with the defendant facing the death penalty. Pathologist = $300/hr. Psychiatrist = $500/hr. “Mitigation specialist” = $100/hr. All have caps on maximum amount allowed. Ballistics: OC Crime Lab Goes 3D – … Continue reading
Forensic experts take on the NAS concerns about fingerprint examiners’ disagreement.
Fingerprint Examiners Found to Have Very Low Error Rates {By a group of 109 government fingerprint experts Investigations into the reliability of fingerprint matches continues. This news release from a NIJ funded project states a strong position for its reliability … Continue reading
News Break : National Commission on Forensic Science member quits due to DOJ
Another addition to the growing list of questionable agenda and actions involving this Commission. Previous blogs at csidds.com talked about how the bitemark sub-committee, its chairman and its dentist members, are all adherents to the “shaky” forensic science of bitemark … Continue reading
UK: Worries about forensic science capabilities elicits a response from police
UK: Law enforcement tries to calm the public about below average forensic science capabilities. In response to this news article about the threat to investigatory capabilities of police crime labs, this response just came out from South Wales police agency. … Continue reading
“False or Misleading Forensic Science” and “Official Misconduct” Leading Factors in 1523 Exonerations
The op-ed excerpted below from the HuffPost’s Radley Balko makes the case that prosecutorial misconduct is a major factor in exoneration cases and exists in other criminal convictions. I have added a second category of interest which raises my concern with forensic … Continue reading
This is endless. Another DA argues that freedom eliminates a man’s attempt to ID the real rapist.
” The revolving door of criminal justice means that once you are in, you can never get out “- ANON NY Innocence Project attorney, Vanessa Potkin, takes on a DA who objects to post conviction DNA testing of Potkin’s client. … Continue reading
Don’t drink the foxglove tea, slow crime lab production and more police involved shootings being investigated
700 year old murder mystery gets a forensic ending. “Evidence data dump” by DA during innocence litigation hearing not ruled misconduct. The judge was not happy. Another DA hoping to support bad forensic sciences with legalistic mumbo jumbo. DA … Continue reading
The unethical rule of politics in the US justice system described as “The Criminalization of Nearly Everything” + Forensic Science News
“The criminalization of nearly everything.” Podcast by journalist Radley Balko explaining the excessive amount and the maze of state and federal laws being overbroad, vague and nearly indefensible for defendants. This system can overwhelm the “presumed innocent until proven guilty” constitutional principle. This … Continue reading
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