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Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024
Filed under: junk science, DNA Evidence
Years of Warnings Ignored as DNA Analyst at Colorado Crime Lab Allegedly Cut Corners, Her Misconduct Casts Doubt on Thousands of Cases by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott 20th Judicial District Court Judge Patrick Butler unsealed a troubling internal affairs report from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (“CBI”) …
Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024
Forensic Microbiology and Criminal Investigations by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to microbiologists, every individual has a “unique community of microorganisms on and within their body.” These communities, known as “microbiomes,” consist of microbes “specific to different parts of the body, can persist over long periods of time and …
Woman Left Handcuffed in Parked Cop Car Struck by Train Settles Suit for $8.5 Million by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 5, 2024, Plaintiff Yareni Rios-Gonzalez agreed to accept payment of $8.5 million from Defendants Town of Platteville, Colorado, and the City of Fort Lupton to settle her …
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 …
Article • August 1, 2024 • from CLN August, 2024
Dozens of Prisoners in Colorado Notified About Potential Compromised DNA Evidence by In early July, dozens of incarcerated individuals in Colorado counties Arapahoe and Douglas, received a promising letter from the District Attorney’s office. DA John Kellner was notifying defendants in cases that could have been affected by allegations of …
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 …
Third Circuit Orders Evidentiary Hearing on State Prisoner’s Petition Seeking Federal Habeas Relief Because Both State and Federal Courts Denied Relief Without Holding Hearing on IAC Claim That, if Proven, Would Entitle Him to Relief by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit …
Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024
Filed under: junk science
Minnesota Becomes Third State to Restrict ‘Excited Delirium’ by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi   On May 24, 2024, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, signed a law prohibiting police officers from being trained about “excited delirium,” a widely rejected diagnosis characterized by a state of extreme agitation and delirium. The …
Tennessee Supreme Court Announces Prospective Abrogation of Common Law Accomplice-Corroboration Rule by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   The Supreme Court of Tennessee abrogated the common law accomplice-corroboration rule on a prospective basis and dismissed the murder conviction of Laronda Turner due to insufficient evidence. Turner, along with codefendants Tony …
$3.76 Million Awarded to Denver Grandmother for SWAT Raid of Home Based on Inaccurate iPhone Ping by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A Colorado jury awarded a 78-year-old woman, Ruby Johnson, $3.76 million in damages on March 1, 2024, after a SWAT team raided her home based on …
Brief • July 10, 2024
Lilgerose, et al. v. Polis, et al., CO, Motion for Class Cert., Prison Slave Labor, 2024 DISTRICT COURT, DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO Denver City and County Building 1437 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80202 PLAINTIFFS: RICHARD LILGEROSE and HAROLD MORTIS, on their own behalf and on behalf of those similarly situated v. …
Fourth Circuit Vacates Where Instructions Failed to Inform Jury That Mens Rea of ‘Knowingly or Intentionally’ Applies to ‘Except as Authorized’ in 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the convictions of Dr. Joel Smithers because …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Landmark Drug Possession Reform Based on Unproven Allegations Reversed in Oregon by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott   Oregon legislators passed H.B. 4002 on March 1, 2024, with support from both Democrats and Republicans on a 21-8 vote. Gov. Tina Kotek’s office indicated on March 7 that she …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Indiana Supreme Court Clarifies Framework for Determining When Courts May Apply Cash Bail to Public-Defender Costs and to Fines, Costs, and Fees by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   The Supreme Court of Indiana clarified the framework for determining when a court may apply a cash bail toward payment of …
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, …
Monroe County Office of Mental Health & Rochester Police Dept., NY, Presentation on Excited Delirium, 2024 Monroe County Office of Mental Health & Rochester Police Department Psychological behaviors • Paranoia • Delusional • Agitation • Cannot follow commands • Emotional changes • Disoriented • Hallucinations • Looks like \\just snapped" …
Article • May 15, 2024 • from CLN May, 2024
Report Finds Bad Forensic Evidence Leads to More Wrongful Convictions and Establishes Forensic Errors Typology by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The National Institute of Justice and independent research consultant Dr. John Morgan collaborated “to analyze and describe the impact of forensic science on erroneous convictions that the National Registry …
Non-Toxic Fluorescent Spray Reveals Fingerprints in Seconds by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A team of scientists from China’s Shanghai Normal University in collaboration with scientists from the United Kingdom’s University of Bath have developed a fluorescent spray that reveals fingerprints in seconds without compromising any potential DNA evidence. The …
Article • April 15, 2024 • from CLN April, 2024
Crime Scene Context: Bridging the Gap Between Evidence and Reconstruction by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott F.D. Zigan, a veteran crime scene investigator who specializes in fingerprint analysis for the Roswell Police Department in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, writes about the disconnect between evidence collection and scene reconstruction in …
Article • April 15, 2024 • from CLN April, 2024
New York Governor Signs Law Sealing Millions of Criminal Records From Public View by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In late 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Clean Slate Act into law, permitting millions of criminal convictions to be sealed. “With the signing of this law, it adds …
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