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How Police run Crime Labs can keep their employees in line: More on retaliation in forensic sciences
Suit charges “retaliation for opinions about the lab” – Ex-Police lab director sues supervisors over demotion – Other types of professional retaliation relating to forensic science. here and here. When a man is wrongfully arrested…….Jailed 12 days, man proves his mistaken … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, criminal justice, forensic science misconduct
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The use of multi-national forensic recovery experts in the AIR ASIA incident
Note: The first lesson from this specific incident is: DON”T SHOW THE BODY RECOVERY IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA My mass disaster experience is similar with news copters hovering over the ocean recovery site until authorities established prohibited airspace for civilian … Continue reading
Posted in Identification DVI, Mass Disaster recovery
Tagged AirAsia, DVI Identification, Forensic science
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Judge tosses out two types of DNA evidence used regularly in criminal cases
Judge tosses out two types of DNA evidence used regularly in criminal cases – Forensics in Focus EXCLUSIVE: Justice Mark Dwyer has ditched the results of low copy number DNA testing and Forensic Statistical Tool from the cases of Andrew … Continue reading
Illinois police dept and experts’ defense theory attempts to thwart legally innocent man’s compensation suit.
Let nothing surprise you when lawyers are involved in opposing litigation involving wrongful conviction disputes. There is a civil case in Illinois, that has an exonerated man, Bennie Starks, suing the Waukegan police department and their 2 member panel of … Continue reading
Forensics : Expecting too much from Forensic Evidence does not Guarantee Justice : Plus WORLD Forensic News
30% of DNA exonerations have occurred after suspects’ false confessions. Here is another one out of Buffalo, NY. Conviction is vacated for 2 murders. Forensics : Expecting too much from Forensic Evidence does not Guarantee Justice US. All but 4 European MH17 … Continue reading
The Nasty World of forensic dentistry bitemark opinions – Forensic News from the US
The Nasty world of bitemark opinions. At least five cases of forensic lab misconduct in the last 2 years. Some ballistics and trace exams discontinued as “too time consuming.” Most trace is merely associative (not identifying a specific person or … Continue reading
Recent forensic science news and cases from around the world
CASES False hope w/out DNA. Bitemarks hold key to solving Hamilton car park assault case Forensic Experts Identify Remains of One of Mexico’s Missing Students. Forensics Team in Mexico Confirms Remains of 1 of 43 Missing Students- Why are there no … Continue reading
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#Forensics in Focus : US experts not helping in Mexico Massacre, more forensic inaccuracies in the media …………
New DNA test can specifically identify the difference between identical twins. Where are the US forensic experts in this? Austrian forensic experts may shed light on Mexico massacre via @reuters Once more, so much for media accuracy in forensics. Security experts doubt … Continue reading
#Forensics : Dr. Michael Baden’s recent interview on the ballistic and path evidence in #Ferguson shooting
Baden does not quote his last week’s testimony given to the Ferguson grand jury. But, not surprisingly, he lays out statements regarding his findings and opinions. Thus is the latitude of forensic experts. You have to endure some commercial interludes at … Continue reading
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Tagged Forensic science, forensic testimony
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