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Illinois Supreme Court Announces Dismissal by Nolle Prosequi as Part of Agreement Bars State From Bringing Second Prosecution Where Defendant Satisfied Obligations and Reverses Empire Actor Jussie Smollett’s Conviction by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The Supreme Court of Illinois reversed and dismissed Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s felony disorderly conduct …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2025
Scent of Death Evidence Admitted at Indiana Murder Trial by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford In May 2024, John Hallett, 54, of Michigan City was found guilty of murdering his roommate and then dismembering the body. Prosecutors obtained the conviction by relying on novel “scent of death” evidence to prove …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2025
Recovering Deleted Messages by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson It should come as no surprise that anything you delete on your device is not necessarily gone. Cops using forensic software can often look into a device’s primary storage (as well as cloud storage) and pull up information that the …
Article • December 1, 2024 • from CLN December, 2024
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces Prosecution’s Duty to Provide Discoverable Evidence Upon Request Applies to Discoverable Items in Law Enforcement Agencies’ Possession Unbeknownst to Prosecution and Exclusion Is Appropriate Remedy for Violation by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, that state’s highest court of …
Article • December 1, 2024 • from CLN December, 2024
Arkansas Supreme Court Announces Petition for Testing Forensic Evidence Based on Advances in Technology Under Act 1780 of 2001 May Be Filed by Anyone Convicted of a Crime, Not Just Those Still in State Custody by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court of Arkansas held that courts …
Article • November 1, 2024 • from CLN November, 2024
University of Maryland Carey Law Pioneers Forensic Defense Clinic by The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in Baltimore has launched the nation’s first Forensic Defense Clinic designed to equip law students with specialized knowledge in forensic evidence and its role in criminal law. This clinic, led …
Article • November 1, 2024 • from CLN November, 2024
A New Approach to Drug Testing: Electrochemical Sensors and Raman Spectroscopy by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott Forensic laboratories screen for drugs using a combination of presumptive and confirmatory tests. The presumptive test indicates the presence or absence of a drug and is usually done in the field …
Article • August 1, 2024 • from CLN August, 2024
Researchers Discover Wire-Cutting Evidence Is Too Unreliable for Court by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to an article appearing on June 10, 2024, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have concluded that wire-cutting evidence should not be admissible in court unless additional information about the …
False or Misleading Forensic Evidence Plays an Oversized Role in Wrongful Convictions by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The National Institute of Justice (“NIJ”) published a paper titled “The Impact of False or Misleading Forensic Evidence on Wrongful Convictions,” providing grim facts and figures on one of the …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
Colorado Supreme Court Announces First Degree Criminal Trespass of Dwelling Is Lesser-Included Offense of Second Degree Burglary, Explicitly Overruling Garcia, and Merger Is Remedy for Double Jeopardy Sentencing Error by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford   The Supreme Court of Colorado held that convictions for second-degree burglary and first-degree criminal …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
Filed under: Forensic Sciences
Foundations of Firearms Audio Forensics Built by Dr. Robert Maher Will Continue to Be Important Forensic Tool as More Recording Devices Are Present at Crime Scenes by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Dr. Robert Maher, electric and computer engineer who has researched and studied gunshot acoustics at the …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
Breakthrough in Burn Victim Identification: Ancient DNA Tech Offers New Hope by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A recent study by Binghamton University researchers offers hope for identifying victims of fires where traditional methods fail. Fire victims can be identified through dental records if the teeth are preserved …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
‘Asian Nazis’ Be Damned: Cops Coveting AI for 2024 by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson   In 2023, the general public became aware of the impending emergence of Artificial General Intelligence. It was not long after ChatGPT 3.5 became public that Americans began to understand the remarkable technology is …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
What’s in a Name: ShotSpotter Becomes SoundThinking, But Problems Remain by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson   If a technology is repeatedly shown by its own data to do very little to reduce crime or assist in homicide investigations – two functions for which it is purported to be …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
Filed under: Forensic Sciences
New NIJ-Funded Website Assists Forensic Practitioners Estimate Age of Unidentified Skeletal Remains of Infants and Teens Based on Dental Data by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   The new “Transitional Analysis Dental Age” (“TADA”) estimation tool – funded by the National Institute of Justice (“NIJ”) – is now available online …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Filed under: Forensic Sciences
Decedent’s End-of-Life Condition and Toxicology May Alter Time-of-Death Estimation by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   Anthropology professor Dawnie Steadman, Director of the Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee (“University”), and her colleagues “hypothesized that drugs found in decomposing bodies could have an influence on the behaviors of …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
AC Units and DNA by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   Australian researchers at Flinders University have employed a promising new technique to collect and record forensic DNA evidence from crime scenes. A new study appearing in Electrophoresis focused on the DNA retrieved from air conditioning (“AC”) units that circulate …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Filed under: Forensic Sciences
New Research on Predictive Models for Pediatric Head Injuries by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott   Differentiating accidental falls from child abuse in young children poses a significant challenge for professionals who work these cases. Child abuse cases are some of the most challenging for prosecutors, law enforcement …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Junk Science Convicted an Innocent Sailor, DNA Exonerated Him Decades Later with the Help of the Innocence Project by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott   Keith Harward, 67, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, a state whose motto is “To be, rather than to seem.” Unfortunately for Harward, …
Article • May 15, 2024 • from CLN May, 2024
New Jersey Supreme Court Announces Extension of Eyewitness Identification Safeguards of Henderson to Pretrial Preparation Sessions and Provides Framework for Showing Photos During Pretrial Phase by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of New Jersey unanimously extended the investigative eyewitness identification safeguards of State v. Henderson, 27 A.3d …
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