Topic
Forensic Science
179 published works
Failed Evidence
National Commission on Forensic Science: A Step Toward National Standards
Following up on my last post, in which I asked why there were still no national standards for forensic science five years after the National Academy of Sciences’2009 report Strengthening…
Texas Bar Blog
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Hervey appointed to National Commission on Forensic Science
On Jan. 10, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Commerce appointed 30 members to the first-ever National Commission on Forensic Science. Among these experts was Judge…
Failed Evidence
Is It Time for National Standards for Forensic Labs?
Here we are, more than a month after chemist Annie Dookhan, formerly of the Massachusetts State Drug Laboratory, entered a guilty plea to producing fraudulent forensic testing results, and went…
Frisco DWI Lawyer and Attorney Blog
Do Collin County’s Blood Testing Labs Get Paid Per Conviction?
Do Collin County’s Blood Testing Labs Get Paid Per Conviction? It’s a valid question. If the answer were “yes,” would it spark outrage? A new study shows that State Crime…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“U.S. reviewing 27 death penalty convictions for FBI forensic testimony errors”
Main July 18, 2013"U.S. reviewing 27 death penalty convictions for FBI forensic testimony errors" The title of this post is the headline of this Washington Post article, which gets started…
The Faculty Lounge
Science, Art, Policy, and the Importance of Good Science Communication
Recently, several media outlets, including NPR, the New York Times, and Big Think, have covered the story of Ph.D. student in Electronic Arts Heather Dewey-Hagborg, who makes 3-D "masks," or…
The Right Coast
BBC News – Astronomer Tycho Brahe ‘not poisoned’, says expert
Dr Vellev now thinks there was no foul play involved in Brahe's death.via www.bbc.co.ukBut he still had a fake nose. --TS
GlobalTort
Challenging Authenticity of Emails Via Computer Inspection
By Kirk Hartley
It's always nice to have a cite for a rule even if the rule seems obvious. An Australian appellate decision - analyzed here by Coleman Greig- holds that of course computers…
CrimProf Blog
Risinger on Aspects of Forensic Bayesianism
D. Michael Risinger (Seton Hall University School of Law) has posted Some Reservations About Likelihood Ratios (and Some Other Aspects of Forensic Bayesianism) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper is an expansion…
Idaho Criminal Defense Blog
149 Reasons Why That Fingerprint Expert Might Be Mistaken
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently identified 149 potential sources of human error in the analysis of crime scene fingerprints. In an article published by NIST, the…