Topic
Forensic Science
175 published works
Jotwell
Contesting “Trust Me, Bro’” Forensics Beyond the Trial Process
The criminal justice system is rife with junk forensics. From bitemark comparisons to firearm examinations and more, police and prosecutors secure arrests and convictions by presenting numerous techniques and methodologies…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
What Follows an Analyst to the Next Lab
Between March 2021 and July 2022, a DNA analyst at the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Waco Regional Crime Laboratory reported work hours that differed from the laboratory’s sign-in sheets…
Law Web
How to use gtk hash for checking correctness of hash value of digital evidence like pen drive and cctv footage produced before the court
By Law Web
How the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 turned a forensic technique into a statutory requirement. Includes a practical guide to checking hashes with GtkHash.IntroductionA pen drive or a CCTV clip reaches…
The Justice Gap
Forensic analysis of crime scene photos casts further doubt on Bamber conviction
New forensic analysis of photos of scene of the White House Farm murders which were given to The Guardian have cast even more doubt on the case against Jeremy Bamber,…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
The Crime Lab Was Wrong. Who Tells You?
In early 2024, a firearms supervisor at Virginia’s Western Laboratory in Roanoke took a proficiency test with four items on it. She got one wrong. That single missed item is…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
What the Body Camera Did Not Record
In most Texas DWI cases the body camera video is treated as the referee. The officer says one thing, the defendant remembers another, and everyone turns to the recording to…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
When the Hospital Finds Alcohol That Isn’t There
A 0.266 That Did Not Add Up Harold lost control of his truck on an icy road and hit a tree. The airbag deployed. He climbed out and wandered off…
eDiscovery Today Blog
When AI Becomes the Accomplice: Forensics Best Practices
By Doug Austin
AI is being used to hide misconduct. Melinda Redenius of Veracity Forensics tells you what happens when AI becomes the accomplice! The post When AI Becomes the Accomplice: Forensics Best…
Simple Justice
Halkides: Triple Murder at Starved Rock: Confession v. Fingermark and DNA Evidence (Update NSFW)
Ed. Note: Chris Halkides has been kind enough to try to make us lawyers smarter by dumbing down science enough that we have a small chance of understanding how it’s…
EvidenceProf Blog
Charles McCrory is Given Habeas Relief in Alleged Bite Mark Murder
By Colin Miller
A federal district judge has granted habeas relief to Charles McCrory in one of the wildest cases I've ever seen. Back in 1985, Charles McCrory was a 26 year-old tech…