Tag Archives: wrongful convictions

Politicos start talking about flawed forensic sciences

Posted on May 21, 2015 by csidds

Five US Senators weigh into flawed forensic methods exemplified by the FBI hair comparison fiasco. More. US Senate hearing on backlogged rape kits. $1B spent so far over ten years, the end is still not in sight. More. Sweat from … Continue reading →

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Forensics: In South Africa its “CSI bunk”, in Great Britain its “flaws” and “crisis” | Boston has paid out $36M for mostly bad policing

Posted on May 20, 2015 by csidds

The “CSI Effect” discussed in the Republic of South Africa. Judge’s opine is that wrongful convictions should be studied for faulty forensic methods within the criminal justice system. Says judges should study fingerprint analysis. Author says defenants cannot afford to … Continue reading →

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What makes for wrong convictions? Data for believers of “near perfect” forensics in US courts

Posted on May 14, 2015 by csidds

Updated graphs of investigation and prosecution contribution factors in nearly 1600 exonerations proved by the National Registry of Exonerations. (wait a bit for download, scroll down for other stats). Look for GREEN: False or Misleading Forensic Evidence 23% 363/1597 Look … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, Forensic science, forensic testimony, junk forensic science, junk science, wrongful convictions | 5 Comments

Forensics revisionist talks to crimelabs about “some” 1200 exonerations as “innocence fraud.”

Posted on May 6, 2015 by csidds

added 12-1-2016: we can now add the President’s Council on Sci Tech’s forecast of future directions needed within most crime lab methods. Once again the law enforcement “communities” choked on 178 pg report. That would be the FBI, US DOJ, … Continue reading →

Posted in wrongful convictions | Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, criminal justice, Forensic science, wrongful convictions | 8 Comments

Making use of their personal experiences of multiple injustices, Exonerees now come to court as lawyers

Posted on May 5, 2015 by csidds

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 →

Posted in costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice, exoneration, Forensic science misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful convictions | Tagged junk forensic science, Miscarriage of justice, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Incredible Costs of One Cop Detective to the Taxpayers of Chicago and Illinois; Big time Politicos on Crim Justice reform

Posted on May 4, 2015 by csidds

This will never stop. Nothing like having questionable convictions coming back to haunt the the lawyers and the DA for the police of Chicago. Sun-Times Article Hillary making sweeping statements on criminal justice reform. Wants to start with cops. And … Continue reading →

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Highlights of the 2015 US Innocence Conference held this last weekend

Posted on May 4, 2015 by csidds

For those less likely to be following what is happening in civil rights and exoneration litigation, this meeting in Orlando FLA was the gathering to see the impressive depth of dedication, legal expertise and energy present in this growing movement. … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice, exoneration | Tagged California Innocence Project, innocence project, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Another forensic disaster : secret forensic “science”experts allowed to coerce crime suspects into plea deals.

Posted on May 1, 2015 by csidds

I am rarely shocked about nefarious dealings or subterfuge in the ecosystem of forensic ‘science’ and the criminal justice arena. But I just read that a police department has a cadre of 3 “anonymous” dentists in Indianapolis, Indiana, who provide … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitemarks, Civil rights, criminal justice, Identification DVI, junk forensic science | Tagged Bad forensic science, falsified evidence, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful convictions | 3 Comments

Veteran DNA analyst’s editorial in the NYT about what brand of forensics are needed to prevent bogus forensic testimony

Posted on April 22, 2015 by csidds

Eric Lander has been around a long time. His experience in criminal courts shows in this NYT letter. Article ========================================================== More on hair experts from the FBI scandal and their students. Read how their testimony in multiple cases, saying things … Continue reading →

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Forensic Fallacies: pattern matching ‘science’ experts sounding convincing but hide a long history of faking what they say

Posted on April 17, 2015 by csidds

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 →

Posted in Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct | Tagged junk science, Miscarriage of justice, wrongful convictions | 2 Comments