Tag Archives: NIST

Forensics: Grits for Breakfast: Most crime labs accused innocent person in DNA mixture study

Posted on September 23, 2018 by csidds

Grits for Breakfast: Most crime labs accused innocent person in DNA mixture study — Read on gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2018/09/most-crime-labs-accused-innocent-person.html The dark side of the NIST DNA mis-identification report covered in my last blog. Subterfuge and disclaimers to quash use in court by … Continue reading →

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Natl Institute of Standards and Tech, praising advances in DNA, leaves out bitemark rejection

Posted on December 20, 2016 by csidds

NIST is the uber-arm of science in the world of the federal government and has a wide view on most things in our physical world. Its holiday post reflects on 2016’s triumphs and removal of some obsolete methods in forensics … Continue reading →

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