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“The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist” coming your way.
Its time to sign up for Radley and Tucker’s book about the forensic disaster that continues to plague the criminal courts of the state of Mississippi. Here is a recent review. The book does a good job in spreading the … Continue reading
Forensics: Taking apart the “science” of matching objects and patterns to innocent defendants
An extensive review of forensic exaggerations brought into criminal courts. Only two US states have statutes allowing appellate review of cases where junk forensic experts run amok. (Excerpts) “The legal concept of newly discovered evidence including a change in science,” … Continue reading
“A pernicious pseudo-forensic science” languishes in a MS courthouse
For the umpteenth time, a court judge slowly ponders a life and death conviction which used junk forensic ‘experts’ now dwindled credibilty to put a person in prison and on death row. The dentist has a string of misadventures and … Continue reading
DA agrees to exoneration after 23 years – Kansas has no compensation statute
False eyewitness testimony put him in prison. The DA said original case lacked evidence that now is available. “Nobody thought it would happen this fast.”
Unsafe toxicology testing goes rampant in the UK – Forensic Regulator on the case
Intentional tampering cases in forensic drug case going beyond the original few hundred originally published. She said: ‘The organisation concerned held accreditation to the appropriate quality standard, but the malpractice was not discovered by the usual quality checks. ‘This raises … Continue reading
A “discrepant” view on flawed forensics leading to later exonerations – bitemarks at al.
A mighty effort by someone connected to the National Institute of Justice to blend ‘forward thinking’ about science and better crime lab management improving the reliability of criminal convictions. The author uses a blend of data that minimizes how many … Continue reading
Forensics: Scientific American goes after (again) Trump/Sessions dumping NCFS Commission
This iconic publisher of all things related to science has consistently reflected the need for advances in forensic reliability and “gap” analysis to reduce errors. SA has republished this piece previously titled “Forensic Science Must Be Scientific.” Wrongful convictions … Continue reading
The failure of Forensic Evidence standards: Daubert flaws allowing junk science in courts
“This article examines the justice system’s failure by reviewing the status of six forensic techniques: (1) bite mark analysis, (2) microscopic hair comparisons, (3) firearms and toolmark identifications, (4) fingerprint examinations, (5) bullet lead analysis, and (6) arson evidence. It … Continue reading
Forensics: Why criminal courts allow use of experts where civil courts would exclude
Two experienced legal commentators take a comparative look at expert witness presenting science in both civil and criminal proceedings. No surprise they pick on the bitemarkers. See the weak criminal courts exercise of pre-trial ‘scientific review’ when the judges are … Continue reading
Forensics: Using Predictive Sociology as a Police Weapon to Discriminate
As now is so commonly seen, police ‘tools’ to ‘protect and serve’ can be twisted into use against groups selected for their ‘criminal lifestyles.’ The current definition of ‘criminal’ has become as wide as the Mississippi depending on what LEO … Continue reading
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