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Article • September 15, 2021 • from CLN October, 2021
Study Finds Lack of Uniformity in New DNA Technology by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Forensic DNA evidence has been used since the 1980s. Public confidence and familiarity with this method grew in the wake of the O.J. Simpson trial and the popularity of television police procedural shows, but the …
Article • August 2, 2021
Filed under: War on Drugs, junk science
Imaging of Fingerprints Using Mass Spectrometry Enables Scientists to Distinguish Between Persons Who Touched Cocaine Versus Those Who Ingested Cocaine by Douglas Ankney by Doug Ankney Melanie Bailey, a forensic scientist at the University of Surrey, revealed that by using a high-resolution mass spectrometry (“HRMS”) method to detect cocaine in …
Article • July 15, 2021 • from CLN August, 2021
Physics Offers New Perspective on Blood Spatter Investigations by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. Blood Spatter Analysis (“BPA”) for years has been a state of the art, highly-sophisticated forensic consideration in determining the trajectory and origin of a crime scene gunshot, yet recent advancements in physics have now …
Article • May 15, 2021 • from CLN June, 2021
Debunked Bite-Mark Comparison Evidence: Wrongfully Convicted Man Freed After Spending Over 25 Years on Death Row by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian Eddie Lee Howard, now 67, is a Black man who spent more than a quarter-century fighting not only to prove his innocence, but for his very life. …
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
Filed under: junk science, Firearms
D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences Firearms Examination Unit Under Fire by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Firearms Examination Unit (“FEU”) at the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences (“DFS”) is under criminal investigation by the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”), according to court documents that revealed …
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
Filed under: junk science, EP2P Software
New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Defendant Entitled to Source Code of Novel Probabilistic Genotyping Software Upon Showing of Particularized Need by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a case of first impression, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, held that when the State chooses to utilize an expert …
Article • April 15, 2021 • from CLN May, 2021
Filed under: junk science
All Bark but No Bite by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Adam Freeman, an ex-president of the American Board of Forensic Odontology (“ABFO”), has vehemently criticized bitemark-matching evidence. Freeman was deeply disturbed upon discovering that when ABFO-certified experts examined case files, they rarely agreed that the bitemarks were human – …
Article • March 15, 2021 • from CLN April, 2021
Faulty Forensics and Wrongful Convictions by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Faulty forensics play a major role in causing known wrongful convictions in the United States. Just how big of a role the application of science to justice plays in sending the innocent to prison depends upon your definition of …
Article • February 15, 2021 • from CLN March, 2021
San Francisco Forensic Analyst’s Arrest on Drug Charges Exposes Flawed Lab by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Hundreds of innocent people may have gone to jail based on potentially flawed or falsified test results by San Francisco Office of Chief Medical Examiner (“OCME”) forensic analyst Justin Volk. This alleged misconduct …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
California Court of Appeal: Confrontation Clause Violation Where Supervisor, Not Lab Tech Who Performed Drug Tests, Testified at Trial by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, ruled that a defendant’s right to confront his accuser under the Six Amendment to the U.S. …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Filed under: junk science
Audit of D.C. Forensics Lab Reveals History of Botched Forensic Analyses by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian The District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences (“DFS”) is a $220 million facility built in 2012. Its construction was highly lauded and was expected to effectively process crime scene evidence. DFS is …
Article • November 26, 2020
Study Finds Combination of Experts and Algorithms are Better at Recognizing Faces by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell I have to admit, I would be the worst witness in court, because it seems I can’t recall a face I’ve seen even a hundred times. However, there are some people who …
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
Mississippi Supreme Court Vacates Capital Murder Conviction Obtained With Bite Mark Comparison Evidence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 27, 2020, the Supreme Court of Mississippi held that a change in the guidelines of the American Board of Forensic Odontology (“ABFO”) prohibiting testimony that bite mark comparison could …
Article • September 15, 2020 • from CLN October, 2020
The Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You’re Lying by Jordan Smith Leaked documents detail law enforcement trainings in lie detection techniques that have been discredited by scientists. by Jordan Smith, The Intercept The article was originally published on August 12, 2020, and is republished with permission from The Intercept, …
Article • August 21, 2020
Triaging Evidence Can Lead to Oversights and Misinterpretation by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso A study from the UK found that triaging digital evidence can lead to oversights and misinterpretation when the process is not designed or implemented in a way that guards against such failures. The data, published in …
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 …
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