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Article • July 17, 2019 • from CLN August, 2019
$1 Million Settlement for NYC Crime Lab Tech Who Blew Whistle on Use of Untested DNA Tests for Decades by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Television crime dramas like Bones and CSI that depict sterile, efficient crime labs seem to be little more than good art imitating bad life as …
Article • July 16, 2019 • from CLN August, 2019
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples
‘DNA Mixtures,’ ‘Touch DNA,’ and Software-Enhanced Forensic DNA Analysis by Michael Berk by Michael Berk The premise that a DNA “match” conclusively overrides nearly all other evidence in a criminal case has become a deep-seated one over the 35 years since the inception of DNA profiling. Often, though, such views …
Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019
Police Want Unfettered Access to Consumer DNA Databases by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Law enforcement agencies across the nation are moving toward adopting more genetic genealogy investigative techniques and training from genealogy experts apparently without first considering the implications such practices have on civil rights or any potential abuses. …
Article • May 15, 2019 • from CLN June, 2019
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples
McDNA: The DNA Testing Equivalent to Fast Food by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  In the late 1960s, Dr. Leonard McCoy of the science fiction television series Star Trek could wave a small device over a patient to find out all he needed to know about them. A similar device …
Article • May 15, 2019 • from CLN June, 2019
Suspected Mishandling of DNA Tests Puts Cases on Hold in Fort Worth, Texas by Michael Berk by Michael Berk The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office has put 117 criminal cases on hold in response to suspected misconduct involving DNA testing by a Fort Worth forensic scientist. On February 27, 2019, …
Article • April 12, 2019 • from CLN May, 2019
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Retroactively Applies Birchfield, Holding that Enhanced Criminal Penalties for Refusing Warrantless Blood Tests are Unconstitutional by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania retroactively applied Birchfield v. North Dakota, 136 S.Ct. 2160 (2016), holding that Samuel Anthony Monarch’s enhanced penalties for refusing warrantless blood …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples
Nebraska Supreme Court Clarifies Applicable Standard for Mandatory Testing Under DNA Testing Act, Reverses District Court for Applying Wrong Standard by Chad Marks by Chad Marks The Supreme Court of Nebraska reversed a district court’s order denying prisoner James Myers’ request for DNA testing pursuant to the DNA Testing Act, …
Article • February 14, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
U.S. Government Lab Withheld Groundbreaking Study for 5 Years That Can Help Defendants Question the Reliability of Certain DNA Evidence by Steve Horn by Steve Horn A study that called into question the reliability of DNA as a piece of smoking-gun evidence due to its propensity to be easily transferred …
Publication • January 2, 2019
American Statistical Association Position on Statitical Statement, American Statistical Association, 2019 American Statistical Association Position on Statistical Statements for Forensic Evidence Presented under the guidance of the ASA Forensic Science Advisory Committee* January 2, 2019 Overview The American Statistical Association (ASA) has supported efforts to strengthen the inferential foundations that …
Article • December 29, 2018 • from CLN January, 2019
Crime Labs Falling Short by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Whenever most people hear about DNA testing in criminal cases, they invariably envision well-equipped, sterile labs like the ones depicted in television dramas such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation or Bones. However, a study by the National Institute of Standards …
The Fallibility of Forensic Science: Crime-Solving Tool Can Lead to Wrongful Convictions—and Belated Exonerations by Rick Anderson by Rick Anderson It’s the ultimate crime-solving tool, enabling prosecutors to bring seemingly rock-solid charges against accused murderers and rapists while also using it to re-open and solve dust-collecting cold cases. Victims and …
Article • October 29, 2018 • from CLN November, 2018
New Jersey Supreme Court Holds DNA Exception Tolling Statute of Limitations Applies Only to Suspect Directly Identified by DNA by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Tolling of the statute of limitations under the DNA statute applies only to the “actor” directly linked to the crime by the DNA, and not …
Article • September 24, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
Private DNA Lab Under Fire for Faulty Analysis by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis National Medical Services, Inc. (“NMS”), a Pennsylvania-based forensics and medical lab, was cited in a recent report by the Texas Forensic Science Commission (“TFSC”) for improperly overamplifying DNA during work for a defense attorney. The “overblown” …
Article • September 24, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
Fired Director of New York’s Criminal Forensic Science Division Alleges ‘Catastrophic’ DNA Errors by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The former director of forensic science at the New York Department of Criminal Justice Services (“DCJS”) said the Office of Forensic Science (“OFS”) made three “catastrophic” DNA identification errors and falsified …
Article • September 23, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples
ACLU Questions Trade Secrets Protecting DNA Testing Algorithms by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell DNA testing can be flawed, often in complex ways. However, courts have held that a defendant fighting for his life in court cannot verify if the DNA being used against him was properly tested, because this …
Article • September 23, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
$28.1 Million Jury Verdict for Wrongful Convictions Upheld by 8th Circuit by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a jury’s verdict that awarded six wrongfully convicted individuals approximately $28.1 million in connection with their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims and parallel …
Secondary DNA Transfer: The Rarely Discussed Phenomenon That Can Place the Innocent (and the Dead) at a Crime Scene They’ve Never Been To by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In 1930, the French scientist Edmond Locard published a journal article in which he laid the groundwork for what would become …
Article • July 7, 2018
$1.25M Settlement for Chicago Man Coerced into Confessing to Rape and Murder by Christopher Zoukis Harold Hill, who was coerced into confessing to a rape and murder, and freed from prison when DNA evidence exonerated him nearly 13 years later, settled with the Chicago Police Department for $1,250,000. Attorney's fees …
Article • June 18, 2018 • from CLN July, 2018
Golden State Killer Suspect Arrest Opens Floodgates for Law Enforcement Use of DNA Websites by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The use of DNA-based genealogy websites to track down Joseph DeAngelo — the “Golden State Killer” suspect — appears to have inspired police departments nationwide. It’s a move that has irked privacy advocates …
Article • June 17, 2018 • from CLN July, 2018
Ohio Supreme Court: Prisoner Entitled to Results of Post-Conviction DNA Profile by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that the State must provide a prisoner the DNA profile created after his application for post-conviction DNA testing of crime-scene evidence was granted. …
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