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Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Myth of Technology as an Equalizing Force in Criminal Justice by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso Since the rise of social media and ever-present cellphones with cameras, the narrative around these developments has been that justice is rapidly democratizing. While many law enforcement failures and abuses have been exposed by …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
South Carolina Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction Where State Presented Improper Testimony Regarding Trace DNA Evidence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of South Carolina reversed Billy Phillips’ murder conviction because the State presented improper testimony regarding DNA evidence and provided information to the jury that was …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Two New Forensic DNA Standards Added to the OSAC Registry by National forensic science organization approves standards for interpreting DNA mixtures. by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2020/05/two-new-forensic-dna-standards-added-osac-registry The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science has placed two new standards covering …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Filed under: junk science, EP2P Software
Government Study Finds Facial Recognition Sorely Lacking in Accuracy by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”), a non-biased government agency that does independent testing on various technologies and industries, has found that facial recognition software used to identify criminal suspects …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Dogs Can Detect One-Billionth of a Teaspoon of Gasoline by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to a recent study from the University of Alberta, trained dogs can detect gasoline in trace amounts as small as one-billionth of a teaspoon (or 5 pico-liters). “During an arson investigation, a dog may …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Filed under: junk science
D.C. Circuit Reverses Nearly 50-Year-Old Murder Conviction Over Faulty Hair Evidence by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell For the second time in the past year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned a decades-old murder conviction after the federal government admitted that it used faulty hair evidence …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
New Method to Determine Time of Death for Forensic Investigators by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Researchers at Amsterdam UMC — led by forensic biophysicist Maurice Aalders in collaboration with Co Van Ledden Hulsebosch Center and the Netherlands Forensic Institute —have devised a new method for calculating time of death …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Minnesota Lab Figures Out How to Tell Between Legal Hemp and Illegal Marijuana by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Medical marijuana is legal in the state of Minnesota, but recreational use is not. This causes problems for the state’s Hemp Pilot program, which licenses growers of hemp as long as …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Filed under: junk science
Small Forensics Lab Finds Niche in Analyzing Tiniest Bits of Evidence by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In the show Making a Murderer on Netflix, a forensics lab was tasked with figuring out if microscopic particles on a bullet were bone, as the prosecutor claimed. Turns out it was wood, …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
$8 Million Settlement for Wrongfully Convicted and Imprisoned Missouri Man by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss David Robinson settled out of court with the city of Sikeston, Missouri, for $8 million for a wrongful murder conviction, which forced him to spend 18 years in prison for a crime he did …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Police Use of Robotic Technology Raises Civil Liberty Concerns by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney While Sleepy Hollow had the Headless Horseman, the Massachusetts State Police (“MSP”) had the headless dog. Spot — a one-time member of MSP’s bomb squad — is a semi-autonomous robotic dog that MSP leased for …
Filing • July 7, 2020
HRDC v. GEO, NM, Complaint, Public Records, 2020 FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE HumanRights Defense Center, Plaintif.t Cause No. --------- v. The GEO Group, Inc., The New Mexico CorrectionsDepartment, Brian Fitzgerald, in his official capacity as records custodian for the New Mexico Corrections …
HRDC v. MTC, NM, Complaint, Public Records, 2020 FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintift Cause No. --------- v. Management & Training Corporation, The NewMexico Corrections Department, BrianFitzgerald, in his official capacity records custodian for the New Mexico Corrections Department, …
Filing • June 29, 2020
Filed under: Complaints, Telephone Rates
Albert, et al. v. Global Tel*Link Corp., Securus Technologies, 3Cinteractive Corp., MD, class action complaint, prison phone calls, 2020 Case 8:20-cv-01936-PWG Document 1 Filed 06/29/20 Page 1 of 122 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ASHLEY ALBERT, PO Box 52 Nashua, NH 03061 CIVIL ACTION NO. 8:20-CV-1936 …
Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020
DNA Database of NYC’s Chief Medical Examiner Plagued with Errors by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Darrell Harris was arrested for a home burglary that occurred in December 2018. A detective from the New York Police Department (“NYPD”) told Harris his DNA had been recovered from a window of the …
Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020
Filed under: Expert Witnesses
Biden Accuser Accused of Inflating Credentials to Qualify as Expert Witness, Calling Convictions into Question by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Tara Reade, who has accused presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993 when she worked for him as an aide, now faces accusations that …
Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020
Colorado Supreme Court: Requiring Defense to Disclose Exhibits to Prosecution Before Trial Violates Due Process Rights by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Ending what had been a “standard case-management practice,” the Supreme Court of Colorado held that a trial court may not order a defendant to turn over his defense …
Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020
Justice Office Awards $145 Million in Forensic Science Grants by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The Office of Justice Programs at the Department of Justice recently announced grants of more than $145 million being awarded through various programs it helps to fund. These grants will cover initiatives centered on forensic …
Filing • May 28, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Censorship
HRDC v. County of Placer, CA, Settlement, Book Censorship, 2020 April 17, 2020 April 20, 2020
Article • May 15, 2020 • from CLN June, 2020
Filed under: junk science
Latest Forensic Technology, Pattern Analysis, May Be ‘Pseudoscience’ by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. Television crime dramas and docudramas have, for decades, lulled the public into accepting the infallibility of forensic crime science. However, a groundbreaking study by the National Academy of Sciences (“NAS”) — made up of …
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