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Forensic Science Isn’t Science: Why juries hear—and trust—so much biased, unreliable, inaccurate evidence.
Excellent Op-ED from SLATE on this serious subject relating to US public safety and the US criminal justice system (CJS). Talks about wrongful executions, various types of cognitive biases and the lack of coordination between CJS, law enforcement and … Continue reading
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Bitemark case spurs judicial reform in CA., intimidation in forensics continues, + more
Forensic reform in California based in part on another bitemark case. 2011: Bitemark experts sue forensic lecturer regarding mention of Bennie Starks’ vacated conviction case. Later became a full exoneration when the DA dropped lesser remaining charges. The plantiffs in … Continue reading
More professional harassment of forensic experts, this time a pathologist. Plus political action spurred by bitemark case.
This is becoming commonplace. Another forensic expert gets job slammed for testifying against a Prosecutor’s “theory” of a case. CA: Prosecutors Suppress a Mountain of Evidence in Shaky Murder Case Read about other examples of professional harassment of forensic experts both … Continue reading
Who Pays the price for a False Forensic Identification? Plus Jack the Ripper is Backkkk , Cognitive Bias in Forensics.
When a forensic expert’s opinion on identification runs up against DNA. Who pays the price? http://bitemarks.org/ Expert testimony on eyewitness testimony allowed in state Supreme court. Experts on false confesses rejected. “the advent of DNA evidence, as well as hundreds of … Continue reading
Real talk about forensics and real science: ex AAFS president is interested about forensic mistakes, DNA from bitemarks, + more.
This blog has reached 6,000 hits since its inception. Thank you all for being involved! Cheers Mike Bowers Please consider subscribing to this blog. ====================================== Real science POV. Forcing Change In Forensic Science. http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i19/Forcing-Change-Forensic-Science.html … via @cenmag A world apart is the … Continue reading
Forensic in Focus: From Witch hunts, criminal justice to some not so real forensic science.
Proof that CJ is not “always right.” TN exoneration joins growing number of innocence cases. Bitemarks included. 1 of 25 are innocent. Prosecutorial misconduct in Japan. Japan’s Authoritarian Criminal Justice System. Tells the Facts, Names the Names The American Board … Continue reading
Forensics in Focus – “Crime lab whistleblowers” and……. -May 22, 2014
PowerPlex 21 DNA test to review cold cases. “Too prevent escalating costs.” New Commission to Regulate Prosecutorial Misconduct . Forensic science? Testimony from “dog scent lineup” sent woman to prison for crime she didn’t commit. Asset forfeiture for college student pot … Continue reading
Bitemark Identification Debunked? : People are still teaching dentists unreliable forensics
Sunday’s New York Times piece on how “DNA Changed Forensic Science” was also an allegory. Much is in writing in the media about the deficiencies of bitemark identification. The 2009 landmark National Academies of Science Report on “Strengthening the Forensic … Continue reading
Comments on the White House 2014 report on “Strengthening Forensic Science”
Opinions from a forensic examiner. This material contains excerpts from the WH 2014 Forensic Science Report . My comments (in bold) are added in certain sections. The Report excerpts are in italics. See the full report here. =========================================== EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF … Continue reading
Forensic Focus: Slimy attacks on legal defense professionals continues, bogus DNA reports in DEL, and more….
Political attacks on criminal defense professionals is going viral. The GOP and others, some notable and others ridiculous, take license with the truth about what is really “justice.” Apparently their own version is the only legitimate one (the scales tipped … Continue reading
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