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Forensics : A learning point on how the Avery case shows little presumption of innocence
If the Steven Avery case(s) shows anything positive, it is the revelation how jury decisions of guilt are predominatantly preconceived before testimony ever begins. This then is reinforced as the prosecution proceeds with their evidence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/01/19/the-presumption-of-innocence-exists-in-theory-not-reality/
Read the Manhattan DAs total nonsense regarding forensic science reform
Here is the correct linkage to Manhattan ADAs Mourges ( a link to some more of her shenanigans) and Robert Ferrari’s flaming rhetoric and bile about why bitemark matchers are as good as fingerprints in identifying suspects of crime. I suppose … 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
A federal prosecutor’s technical spy expert gets some egg in a high-level espionage case dismissal
In a rare example of feds turning from a prosecution, with all their tech resources in science, the recently dismissed spy charges against US Temple University physics professor Xi Xiaoxing is rare. He was accused of sending technical information [ … Continue reading
Another Amazing Story of Texas Justice being Brought to Task by DNA and Evidence Destruction
Years after being freed from death row, East Texas man fights to clear name This story is decades long and runs from Dallas, the Texas Monthly, Smith County Texas to New York and back. Now its all about motions for … Continue reading
TX lady prosecutor denies failures to follow Brady rules, stating nothing withheld was exculpatory
Now, should we believe her? Her conviction case was remanded for a new trial. Of course the DA’ s office is appealing the lower court’s judgement of wrongdoing. Her admitting that material was withheld from the defense in the original … Continue reading
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Forensics: Politicos and Prosecutors run amuck protecting their interests in running US crime labs
A fully developed expose’ by William C. Thompson of the University of Irvine. He expounds the ‘sub rosa’ motivations of the DC big wigs who this year fired the managers and legal counsel of one of the first independent crime … Continue reading
Justice Kozinski on Lying Police and more on forensic science and CJ “guesswork”
EVIDENCE OF POLICE DISHONESTY LEADS TO OVERTURNED CONVICTIONS NATIONWIDE Here are some quotes from a justice of the US Ninth Circuit of Appeals. Justice Alex Kozinski talks about police misconduct and worse in the Debra Milke case. “The Ninth Circuit … Continue reading
FORENSICS: What is a “partial DNA match?” Or, what ARE we talking about here?
This blog follows the event of the Albuquerque police using a “partial DNA match” sufficient to hold a man in jail for 17 months. The news release from New Mexico is vague about what the police are changing in their … Continue reading
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