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Forensics : Streaming Presentation on Flawed Forensic Science and Innocence
This comes from West Virginia School of Law’s recent weekend symposium with some heavy hitters of sci evidence law, forensics, innocence litigators, and the media. Thanks to Brandon Garrett. Entire program on Youtube. Needs some editing. But, here is the agenda and … Continue reading
Messing with drug evidence gets a DA reviewing 300 closed cases in Oregon
Tampered drug evidence in Oregon crime lab investigation continues. So far, 7 cases will be dismissed. More work will be needed for DA to finish hundreds of case reviews. Defense attorneys probably will run big objections to cases not dismissed … Continue reading
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Tagged crime labs, Exculpatory Evidence, Forensic science, Miscarriage of justice
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“OJ Knife” brings out comments from past players including OJ’s science expert H C Lee
I think Dr. Lee’s quote (after the Court TV re-cap from 2007) indicates he’s curious about how all this could contrast with his own testimony from the original trial. He was an OJ forensic science expert and confabulated most of … Continue reading
Will New SCOTUS Justice weigh in on current immutable protections for wayward prosecutors?
“The Invincible Prosecutor” This is not about prosecutors being harassed for doing an ethical job protecting our society. Its about outrageous absolute immunity currently upheld by a notorious SCOTUS decision in 2011 that protected beyond dubious prosecutorial misconduct as revealed … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Miscarriage of justice, prosecutorial misconduct
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Forensics: More accusations of faked NY State Crime lab testing – This time its DNA
Scientists claim New York police forced them to fake DNA tests to convict more suspects Looking closely at the NY State emblem, the lady onn the right, balancing justice, is supposed to be blindfolded. Some say its not really like that. These … Continue reading
Questionable Gunshot Residue from old conviction gives Aussie court a new headache
In the rollup to a new trial against a man previous accused of murder, convicted and then released after 19 years, the focus of misuse or at least the accusations of questionably “researched” forensic evidence is in the headlines. Seems an FBI … Continue reading
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Taking bitemark evidence to the White House: Video speaker provides no answers to wrongful convictions
When you have no scientific proofs to contradict years of unreliable expert testimony and false forensic education on the subject, this speaker just blames everyone but himself. He doesn’t dare answer the scientific inquiries of this White House panel on … Continue reading
Forensics in Thailand shows an ugly lack of fairness in Aussie double murder case.
Here’s another case where human rights and so-called use of “forensic science” have little in common. A notable Thai forensic expert denounces the forensic “proof” left unavailable to defendants’ lawyers in this murder of two Australian tourists. Politics ran away … Continue reading
Harvards’ epic article on Innocence Litigation and the woman who exec directs the IP
A true Xmas season story about Maddy deLone who is the heartbeat of the NY Innocence Project. The challenges of the innocent in prison are described in vivid detail. A worthy and valuable read for those unaware of what “incarceration” does … Continue reading
Innocence Projects’ praise for Texas Forensic Commission’s deep look into bitemarks
The NY Innocence Project talks about this week’s New York Times article which has gone viral on the Net as an example of forensic science “reform” taking place in Texas. The bitemarkers are resorting to innuedos and red herrings to defend … Continue reading
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