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Prosecutors knowingly screw things up after crime lab scandal tests their ethics
Nothing is more poignant than to talk to and read about exonerees who had to put up with malingering prosecutors who live their lives as if wrongful convictions do not exist. One might consider this California prosecutor the poster child for … Continue reading
Its time for AAFS members to wake up and respond to this US #Forensic legislation
The AAFS [American Academy of Forensic Science: http://www.aafs.org%5D previously requested comments whether it should support the new legislation proposed by consortium of forensic science organizations (CFSO) creating an office of forensic science within the Department of Justice, within the Center … Continue reading
Forensics Today – The rise of the ‘I don’t care’ response to forensic science reform
When forensic reform was trending The Obama-era Commission on Forensic Science just finished its proposals for better over sight on forensics by the Executive branch in the form of an Office on Forensic Science. It’s been under development back to Obama’s … Continue reading
County judge thinks ‘bitemark guidelines’ show that it is still a “science’
Here is another great example of a criminal court taking the weak way out by using the 1923 Frye Rule thereby allowing any bitemark expert who belongs to a relevant ‘scientific community’ to talk to the jury during a murder … Continue reading
#Forensics scandal – Reinstated Scottish fingerprint expert gets the boot – again
Is there a common source for these prints? Shirley McKie was and maybe still is, a fingerprint detective with a Scottish police agency. In the late 90’s she was part of a murder investigation that centered on identifying the man … Continue reading
Today’s #Forensics News around the World – 1700 Fingerprints get a re-do.
Florida Fingerprint guy, self-famed as “never wrong,” gets reassigned (to non-forensic duties) and gets a “black eye.” Lawyer says “countless convictions” in over 1700 cases. Ouch. Arizona Skull is “20 to 60 old” according to an anthro’s conservative exam. That’s a … Continue reading
#Forensic News for Today: Fabricated arson evidence, door knobs, familial DNA traits
This case is horrendous. Fabricated arson evidence used against a woman later acquitted of arson gets into court after appellate court opines this rule for the lower court to follow in her lawsuit against LEO authorities. “There must be persuasive … Continue reading
Old men seem to populate the courtroom experts used in the US CJ system
I’ve noticed this for decades while I later became a “senior” myself. Old folks populate the highest level of the American Academy of Arts and Science (and probably the American Academy of Forensic Sciences) who go to court as experts. … Continue reading
Looking at a Model Rules for Forensic Conduct – #AAFS2017
Ironically, the legal profession in the US and British Commonwealth have Rules of Conduct for lawyers. I am at a loss as to Rules for the Forensic Expert that follow these scientific method protections in research and testimony to the … Continue reading
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