Tag Archives: wrongful convictions

Bitemark case spurs judicial reform in CA., intimidation in forensics continues, + more

Posted on June 11, 2014 by csidds

Forensic reform in California based in part on another bitemark case.  2011: Bitemark experts sue forensic lecturer regarding mention of Bennie Starks’ vacated conviction case. Later became a full exoneration when the DA dropped lesser remaining charges. The plantiffs in … Continue reading →

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More professional harassment of forensic experts, this time a pathologist. Plus political action spurred by bitemark case.

Posted on June 10, 2014 by csidds

This is becoming commonplace. Another forensic expert gets job slammed for testifying against a Prosecutor’s “theory” of a case. CA: Prosecutors Suppress a Mountain of Evidence in Shaky Murder Case  Read about other examples of professional harassment of forensic experts both … Continue reading →

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Who Pays the price for a False Forensic Identification? Plus Jack the Ripper is Backkkk , Cognitive Bias in Forensics.

Posted on June 9, 2014 by csidds

When a forensic expert’s opinion on identification runs up against DNA. Who pays the price? http://bitemarks.org/  Expert testimony on eyewitness testimony allowed in state Supreme court. Experts on false confesses rejected. “the advent of DNA evidence, as well as hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Forensic in Focus: From Witch hunts, criminal justice to some not so real forensic science.

Posted on June 2, 2014 by csidds

Proof that CJ is not “always right.” TN exoneration joins growing number of innocence cases. Bitemarks included. 1 of 25 are innocent. Prosecutorial misconduct in Japan. Japan’s Authoritarian Criminal Justice System. Tells the Facts, Names the Names  The American Board … Continue reading →

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Forensics in Focus – “Crime lab whistleblowers” and……. -May 22, 2014

Posted on May 22, 2014 by csidds

PowerPlex 21 DNA test to review cold cases. “Too prevent escalating costs.” New Commission to Regulate Prosecutorial Misconduct . Forensic science? Testimony from “dog scent lineup” sent woman to prison for crime she didn’t commit.  Asset forfeiture for college student pot … Continue reading →

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NY Times: “DNA Analysis Exposes an Inexact Forensic Science” + Bitemark Cases

Posted on May 19, 2014 by csidds

For over 2 decades, the US press has used “inexact” in writing about certain forensic methods which are used to convict criminal defendants. Bitemark experts included. Here is the latest from the New York Times. It uses the debunked FBI’s … Continue reading →

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Bitemark Case Law: The Judicial failure by accepting bitemark experts as “qualified to identify” defendants

Posted on May 15, 2014 by csidds

“Bitemark Identification” acceptance stems from this list of appellate cases starting in 1975 (Marx). This is a short list of the seminal cases (allowing the jury of decide the evidence declared to be science) that flowed from this first appellate … Continue reading →

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Ray Krone’s Exoneration from bitemark evidence: THE INSIDE STORY @csidds

Posted on May 1, 2014 by csidds

Photo by: Heidi Huber/AP This picture has Ray Krone ( left) immediately after his release from AZ prison in 2000. Part of his story is below, which develops the persona of the Prosecutor Noel Levy who put Ray on  death … Continue reading →

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Teaching Science to Judges: Now THAT’S Gonna be Tough. Most studied business @csidds | Forensics in Focus : March 24, 2014

Posted on April 24, 2014 by csidds

LEAD LINE: Criminal courts must evolve with science. Now THAT’s gonna be tough. Most judges studied business.   Judges do have “colleges” but all are short courses certainly not involving much of anything scientific. They should be called “law colleges.” Flawed … Continue reading →

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A brilliant cautionary tale on Fingerprints and their Scientific Uncertainty | The AAFS/ABFO dentists should read this | @csidds

Posted on April 21, 2014 by csidds

  Fingerprints and a “bitemark” used to convict Bill Richards in 1997 in California.   The partnerships between the AAFS and police sciences are very strong and professionally intertwined in the US criminal justice system. The organization was originally founded by … Continue reading →

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