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The US is Looking at Forensic Science real hard in the era of Trump/Sessions
The game and it’s players: 100 + days of DC powerbroker alt-facts on forensics are running up against years of real science facts, crime lab failures, and over 2000 exonerations. On and on it goes. The central theme seems to … Continue reading
Bitemark victim Keith Harward talks to lame duck Forensic Science Commission
An ironic event occurred at the last meeting of the NCFS meeting in DC. Exoneree Keith Harward told them not to give up despite AG Sessions is taking all forensic science reform under his prosecutorial “wing.” Click pic to see … Continue reading
Assault on Science persisting in the US Department of Justice – Updates
The War Over Forensic Science Started Well Before Jeff Sessions-Wired Critics worry ‘junk science‘ to reign as forensic panel ends– Chron.com QA: The U.S. Department of Justice scrapped independent forensics panel, but the scientific…– Science Magazine Matthew T. Mangino: The … Continue reading
Medical product liability case lends itself as a framework on Junk Forensics use in US courts
If only there was a Rule for judges to take the time to use their own Rules on the subject of expert testimony on forensic subjects. This brief review of a civil plantiff’s complaint (Jones) against biophosphonase maker Novartis travels … Continue reading
Alchemy, prosecutors, junk science and bitemarks – NY Times
This pic has gotten alot of action over the last few years. It originated at the University Buffalo School of Dentistry and shows plaster models of human teeth used at Dr. Mary and Peter Bush research center. Joining the accelerating … Continue reading
Congress looks into forensic failures regardless of DOJ Sessions lack of interest
On March 28, 2017 the House Judicial Committee heard from 3 “stakeholders’ ” on numerous forensic science issues including the extreme costs of wrongful convictions (Illinois has paid out $253M between 1989 and 2013). One major item … Continue reading
The odds of Innocents getting convicted just increased with Sessions – The Atlantic
“The attorney general is standing athwart a long overdue movement to reform forensics yelling stop.” “Sessions was the first Congressperson to endorse The Donald.” “Lest you think it is unfair to tar Sessions with Trump’s execrable behavior, here is what … Continue reading
Stand Strong On Forensic Science Reform – And AGAINST DOJ FAKE NEWS
I have played a bit of poker in my day, but the double-crosses and bluffing we are getting from the our glorious leaders of the Republican Administration is getting old fast. Their deconstructing and lock-step revision of 10 years of … Continue reading
Indian and Saudi bitemark experts assume human dentition is unique – Arab Forensic Journal
These bitemark comparison mini-studies have been around for decades. They generally use a few subjects (in this ‘study” there are 20 biters) who bite into wax, clay, bubble gum etc. The superimposition method used was developed in the 1970’s (a … Continue reading
Genetic ‘Stop and Frisk’ not such of a magic bullet after all – Familial DNA issues
It seems that most police sciences get validated (at least some do) AFTER the cops start using it. While DNA profiling is considered the ‘gold standard’ for identification (not DNA mixtures, however), this run-up to its use as a … Continue reading
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