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Forensics: What’s the world coming to? Now the FBI is saying their DNA lab calculations since 1999 are incorrect?
The tainted atmosphere surrounding forensic science in general and specifically in regards to the devastating FBI faux pas from their elite hair people is still bouncing around the media-verse. With that still happening, the FBI now says their DNA population … Continue reading
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Testimony of an FBI hair analyst
Nothing cuts through the current hyperbole of forensic science reform debates and counter debates than reading what the “elite” of the FBI hair comparison people actually said in US courtrooms. The following is testimonial evidence from an actual case. Things … Continue reading
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The Forensic Science Weekly: The strange, disturbing and “appalling.”
When the “elite” of the FBI fall from “grace.” Op-ed. I might also used the term “arrogant.” A recent news release states a new law enforcement think-tank-forensic-institute will “shore-up” hair comparisons and bitemarks.” This totally ignores the physical limitations of hair … Continue reading
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Forensics: Conference makes demands that FBI correct its crime lab mistakes | US Senator Blumenthal and Henry Lee video
Read and view video of this Connecticut conference. Blumenthal “chilled and appalled.” Read more.
Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, DNA profiling, Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias, forensic testimony, junk forensic science, wrongful convictions
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, Bad forensic science, Claim of Innocence, crime labs, Criminal Justice, Exculpatory Evidence, falsified evidence, FBI Crime Lab, innocence project, junk forensic science, Miscarriage of justice, wrongful convictions
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See the protectors of public safety who use the death penalty as a deterrent to crime.
These are not the only ones. Some seem to revel in it. Remember, prosecutors have absolute immunity for making mistakes or committing crimes within the court system. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/05/america_s_deadliest_prosecutors_death_penalty_sentences_in_louisiana_florida.html I also would add from my personal experience: This fellow Forrest Allgood … Continue reading
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Making use of their personal experiences of multiple injustices, Exonerees now come to court as lawyers
From the ABA Journal magazine FREED AND PAYING BACK Wrongly imprisoned, these men spent many years behind bars for crimes they did not commit. Plenty of convicted felons claim to be innocent; too many of them actually are. The criminal … Continue reading
Forensic Fallacies: pattern matching ‘science’ experts sounding convincing but hide a long history of faking what they say
This article is about how forensic experts who sound convincing to juries shape their images as ‘scientific’ by misinformation and resorting to desperate measures to mislead the US judicial system. Since this article was published in early April 2015, the … Continue reading
AAFS 2015: News from its Board of Directors: The American Board of Forensic Odontology complaint opposing forensic reform is quashed
Radley Balko @radleybalko · Just in: The AAFS board of directors has dismissed the ethics complaint against csidds that I mentioned here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/02/13/how-the-flawed-science-of-bite-mark-analysis-has-sent-innocent-people-to-jail/ … My Comment: Much thanks to the AAFS Executive Board of Directors. “I am pleased that the AAFS Board … Continue reading
The personal dangers of protecting the innocent and underprivileged around the world : Similar issues exist in the US.
Civil rights and humanitarian legal advocacy is “The most dangerous job in law.” Prison, exile and worse exists around the world for legal advocates. These stories make the pushback in the US against forensic and judicial reform seem paltry in … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice, exoneration, forensic science reform, National FOrensic Science Commission, prosecutorial misconduct, Ray Krone bitemark case, William Richards Exoneration Case
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, forensic testimony, Miscarriage of justice, National Commission on Forensic Science, wrongful convictions
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Allegations of Crime Lab planting evidence may not be enough for reversal of conviction
Planted evidence from a Crime lab (the OJ defense) is not the magic bullet for everyone arguing innocence. Forensic misconduct charges before Nebraska higher court affecting a murder case. Legal argument from the DA says “eyewitness” evidence is sufficient to sustain life … Continue reading
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