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Forensic Science White Wash: Why do US forensic associations continue to ignore the risks of more erroneous convictions ?
Answer: Its not in their agenda to admit mistakes and they most assuredly hate criticism. The National Commission on the Forensic Sciences is the effect of the AAFS and other groups in failing to initiate their own investigations of these … Continue reading
NY Times: “DNA Analysis Exposes an Inexact Forensic Science” + Bitemark Cases
For over 2 decades, the US press has used “inexact” in writing about certain forensic methods which are used to convict criminal defendants. Bitemark experts included. Here is the latest from the New York Times. It uses the debunked FBI’s … 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
Bias in Forensic Science: Affirmed and described by another retired forensic scientist | Forensics in Focus @csidds | April 1
The “new topic” of undue influence and cognitive bias (its been around for decades mostly from outside the insular forensic community) by forensic examiners gets some air in this editorial by a retired senior scientist from a Los Angeles crime lab. … Continue reading
DNA vs bite mark believers. Guess which wins?
Add another exoneration to the list of 24 exons and wrongful incarcerations involving AAFS/ABFO/FSAB forensically “certified” dental bite experts. Read the Innocence Project’s news release. Read the case list and details of DNA versus bite marks in US criminal courts. … Continue reading
#Forensic #Exoneration in NJ rejects bitemark IDs but NY still uses bitemark proofs in upcoming trial.
Why does the US judicial system, (adhering to its fragmented and often contradictory judicial opinions) and still claiming to be the protector of human rights and life and liberty of its citizens, put up with a defective product known to … Continue reading
Despite unknown DNA from murder weapon: Other unreliable Forensic Evidence continues 20 year incarceration
The story continues of US judicial ignorance of scientific advances and what is “innocence.” Judges continue to adopt prosecutorial advocacy themes of “guilt regardless.” At the appellate level, erroneous forensic testimony from over-reaching experts , once presented as “scientifically certain” at … Continue reading
Posted in Bite Marks, Bitemarks, criminal justice, expert testimony, Forensic Science, forensic testimony, William Richards Exoneration Case, wrongful convictions
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, Bitemarks, Criminal Justice, DNA, Exculpatory Evidence, junk forensic science, wrongful convictions
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Forensic Testimony: Once again, exoneration cases support unreliability of experts trial opinions
Take some time (or more than one visit to get through the information) and follow this link (Forensic Testimony) to a greater understanding on why credibility for some forensic experts is waning or finally being extinguished. The chart posted above … Continue reading
Posted in Bite Marks, Bitemarks, criminal justice, CSI, Exoneration costs, expert testimony
Tagged AAFS, bite marks, Bitemarks, Criminal Justice, DNA, DNA profiling, Expert witness, FBI Crime Lab, Federal Bureau of Investigation, forensic examiner error, Forensic science, Innocence, junk forensic science, misidentification, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Science in Society, United States, unreliable
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FORENSIC TESTIMONY: Science Biases and Subjectivity
This is a repost of my June 5, 2013 blog on the important subject of bias in forensic science Added comment: The expanding revelations of extraneous influences that can plague forensic experts in court has added to the existing literature … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Forensic Science, criminal justice, CSI, Forensic Dentistry, wrongful convictions
Tagged ABFO, Bitemarks, Criminal Justice, Csi Effect, forensic dentistry, forensic examiner error, incentivised crime labs, junk forensic science, Radley Balko, THE AGITATOR, wrongful convictions
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