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Based on a notorius bitemark case: CA legislation plans to reject use of junk and outdated forensics in court @csidds
Radley Balko at the Washington Post’s “The Watch” announces California Senate Bill (SB1048) intent to direct the courts to consider scientific progress and reject junk opinions of debunked forensic methods and prosecutorial bias favoring “finality of verdicts.” He speaks to the … Continue reading
Bad science from the AAFS/ABFO dentists | Media responses from the past | Forensics in Focus @csidds
Making positive news about bitemark evidence for media reporting is a tough job. I thought that I should make a short list of articles that have appeared in major media sources over the decades. Some predate the news about bitemark experts … Continue reading
Forensics in Focus | March 24. |
Forensics In Focus @csidds for March 24, 2014 Radley Balko takes the stage with his ‘Morning Links” at Washington Post’s’ “The Watch.” He hits on criminal justice, MRAPS for local law enforcement, and one more amazing forensic related fact. As … Continue reading
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Tagged Forensic science, misidentification, Radley Balko, wrongful convictions
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Forensic Science Misconduct: A Dark Cautionary Tale @csidds
Let’s start with a quick review of a few cases related to the subject of forensic science failure and accompanying misconduct (Section 1). This involves law enforcement officers, CSIs, prosecutors and prosecutorial experts in the multiple criminal justice systems: All … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Forensic Science, criminal justice, CSI, exoneration, Exoneration costs, expert testimony, Forensic Science, junk forensic science, National FOrensic Science Commission, wrongful convictions
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, Forensic science, forensic science misconduct, Radley Balko, wrongful convictions
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Forensics in Focus @csidds | March 13 | The Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction and 19 years to Exonerate.
This comes from Rob Warden, the emeritus director of the National Registry of Exonerations. Note the regular posting of FiF will come out tomorrow. Chris Coleman 2014 Exoneration
Forensic Focus Picks – ADVANCED FORENSIC REFORM BILL INTRODUCED – Science, News Trends and the Law
The response to my last blog expanding to multi-disciplinary forensic science topics has been encouraging. Trends are evolving rapidly in the external scrutiny of forensics by media and Congressional/governmental entities. There is still a paucity of forensic research to report … Continue reading
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Tagged forensic examiner error, Forensic science, wrongful convictions
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Bitemarks and Wrongful Executions: Law Prof Considers the Connection
A law professor has an impressive blog post that elaborates on the dangers of bad forensic science leading to executions of innocent defendants. Read it here. He also has a few things to say about bitemark identification. A recent bitemark … Continue reading
FORENSICS | Review of questionable research on bite marks. US taxpayers’ $715,000 funded it.
In a recent post, I promised to do a review of this promised-to-be-published “paradigm proof” from a Marquette University news release which revealed a “silver bullet” forensic cure to bite marks’ spotty history. The caption for the news release is … Continue reading
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Tagged ABFO, AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY, junk science, National Institute of Justice, NIJ, waste of taxpayers' money, wrongful convictions
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FORENSICS | THE SILVER BULLET? : $715,000, three year long research project promises to support admissibility of BITE MARK IDENTIFICATION
Too bad the chief investigator has a history of being involved in the wrongful conviction of Robert Lee Stinson in WI. He reports (with other contributors, all are Marquette University faculty; mostly dentists) results that support the bite mark “match” he … Continue reading
FORENSICS | Should We Rejoice? U.S. Departments of Justice and Commerce Name Experts to First-ever National Commission on Forensic Science
Here’s a list of the commissioners appointed to this NIST forensic review group. I find no pro active or judicial/scientific empowerment allowed to their future findings and recommendations. This impotence is much like what happened to the National Academies of … Continue reading
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