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Forensic Science
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Woman Who Invented the Rape Kit and Forced Police to Starting Treating Sexual Assault Like a Crime
By Tracy Thomas
The Rape Kit's Secret History: The Story of the Woman Who Forced the Police to Start Treating Sexual Assault Like a CrimeMARTY GODDARD’S FIRST FLASH OF INSIGHT CAME IN 1972. It…
Health Law Prof Blog
The Bite Mark Dentists and the Counterattack on Forensic Science Reform
Marvin Zalman (Wayne State University), James Windell, The Bite Mark Dentists and the Counterattack on Forensic Science Reform, SSRN:An editorial defending bite mark analysis by eleven forensic odontologists violates canons…
Legal Profession Blog
Flawed Hair Evidence Tainted 1970 Murder Conviction
A 50 year old murder conviction was reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit based on the use of discredited hair analysis testimony…
Simple Justice
Halkides: Taylor, Chamberlain And Presumptive Blood Testing
Ed. Note: Chris Halkides has been kind enough, again, to try to make us lawyers smarter by dumbing down science enough that we have a small chance of understanding how…
Grand Jury Target
Cell Site Evidence is Junk Science (and a Recent DC Opinion Could Help Keep It Out of Court)
By Sara Kropf
By Sara Kropf Since I handle only white-collar criminal matters, I don’t deal with forensic science as often as other criminal defense lawyers do. I’ve never had a case turn…
Texas Bar Blog
Texas Bar Journal Must-Reads for November
Check out the TBJ staff’s must-reads for the November issue for in-depth articles exploring forensics, ethics, and how AED training came in handy at one recent investiture. And don’t forget…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Duke Law School launches new Center for Science and Justice
This news release, titled "New Duke Law center will delve into science of criminal justice," reports on the official launch of a notable new criminal justice center. Here are the…
The Right Coast
FBI investigators zero in on Jeffrey Epstein’s 8,000-acre Zorro Ranch in New Mexico | Daily Mail Online
New Mexico also has a strong scientific community, a legacy of the Manhattan Project, which Epstein reportedly insinuated himself into in pursuit of his bizarre goals.Those goals included plans to…
Simple Justice
The Problem With “Experts”
The once-agitator, Radley Balko, wrote a critically-acclaimed and critical book about junk forensic science called “The Cadaver King and The Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American…
ComplexDiscovery
IGP (Israel Growth Partners) Together With Its Major LPs Invest $110M in Cellebrite
By Rob Robinson
Press Announcement Cellebrite Mobile Synchronization Ltd., the global leader in Digital Intelligence solutions for Law Enforcement, Government and Enterprise markets, announced today [June 17, 2019] that IGP Capital signed a…