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Academic experts blast back at Forensic DNA Body and Facial Reconstruction
I was wondering how long someone in the forensic arena would counteract the MSM overblown headlines declaring faces can be predicted by a commercial motivated DNA businesses. That will not stop unregulated law enforcement and the public from taking this … Continue reading
Despite false convictions – Alford appeals used to preserve DA conviction stats
Would you choose: 1) immediate freedom as a murderer, or 2) call the DA’s bluff, refuse the deal, and pray for DNA? In this one, the DNA was already on the table when the DA threatened a retrial. San Bernardino, … Continue reading
Customs and Border Patrol uses $5M polygraphs for……..what?
This is rather cringe-worthy for a number of reasons. Foremost is the continued bs that polys are reliable. “[Now] we have a commitment from CBP brass that adjudicators will immediately remove “unsuitable” job applicants from the hiring process when the … Continue reading
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Forensics at it’s worst – Is DNA change an “upgrade” or a “coverup” for past junk?
The New York Times and ProPublica presents: Thousands of Criminal Cases in New York Relied on Disputed DNA Testing Techniques Once again we look at the tenuous reliability of forensic expertise in US criminal courts. This time it is New … Continue reading
#Forensics – Pathologist Michael Baden takes on Steven Hayne in Mississippi
The horrific career of the notorious ex Mississippi prosecutors’ go-to non forensic pathologist will never end. This hearing recently occurred in MS and has death row inmate Jeff Havard (pictured above) hearing of numerous examples of prosecutorial misconduct, lazy justice, … Continue reading
Want to see a ‘positive ID” bitemark pattern?
Here is what was used to convict one defendant as the “only person” who could have made this mark. The defendant has been in prison for decades. then look at this “adjusted” image of the same image right after this … Continue reading
Another FBI “standard, reliable, trusted” method goes haywire – Profilers
If you wonder how accurate criminal profiling actually is, just read this LA Times article about the myths surrounding it’s admission into criminal courts. Ole US DOJ has long “accepted” whatever these people come up with regarding perps. The next-gen … Continue reading
DOJ certifies Junk ‘science’ as……….”standard, trusted, reliable”
Try this for Dep AG Rosenstein painting forensics with a very broad brush. This would never work in the health science community, but that’s obviously of no concern to the lawyers running forensics for the US Department of Justice. He … Continue reading
Another glimpse at how the Fed ignores scientific proofs – Arson and the ATF
Here is a long-standing federal agency, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, basking in their scientifically outdated historical about arson caused fires. They use a “process of elimination” theory of criminal actions. Others call it old fashioned and biased. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Experts-cast-doubt-on-ATF-s-arson-finding-in-West-11725989.php One must … Continue reading
Roundup of Science vs Trumpism over the Last 6 Months
This is a pretty good short look. It covers: Running science out of his administration. Health and environment Closing the public’s door to scientific data. It starts with Trump/Sessions dumping the National Commission on Forensic Science. Assaulting science
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