By: dgaicun
For example, the dilation of the child's anus that was thought to be so indicative of anal penetration and chronic sexual assault (recall Dr. Zehr and her comment that this was one of the worst cases...
View ArticleBy: Hammond Rye
you don't need forensic evidence anyway. the west memphis three have been in prison for fifteen years now.
View ArticleBy: ghost of a past number
On a related note, the Phantom of Heilbronn, one of Europe's most notorious criminals apparently is a figment of DNA sample contamination(via).
View ArticleBy: CCBC
nanojath: One thing I am left wondering is whether the family of the child who died accepts the outcome and whether the apparently estranged family is reconciling. There was a program on CBC about...
View ArticleBy: kisch mokusch
I've watched CSI. Those guys can't even use a pipetter properly. It's no wonder they get shoddy results.
View ArticleBy: nanojath
In other news - stuff on TV isn't real. Get over it. Except that people are influenced by what they see on television, and one of the elements of this discussion is there being a perception of the...
View ArticleBy: mr_roboto
But that doesn't change the fact that a great many of them do work. Which ones? How do you know?
View ArticleBy: strixus
Sigh. Look, I've got quite a few friends who work in this field. They take what they do very seriously, and I honestly think they are contributing quite a lot to making this a more just world to live...
View ArticleBy: ltracey
I wish I could favorite mr_roboto more than once. It is the truth and needs to be heard.
View ArticleBy: Decimask
Apologies, merelyglib. I'm going to log out until my brain can parse English correctly again.
View ArticleBy: Decimask
Which doesn't change that cause of death at the time of the trial was attributed to "homicidal asphyxia", not "anal rape".
View ArticleBy: merelyglib
They said the cause of death was homicidal asphyxia, not anal rape. Read a little further. posted by hayvacPoste"It is also now clear that there is no evidence to support a finding of homicidal...
View ArticleBy: mr_roboto
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a...
View ArticleBy: sien
Reason magazine and in particular Radley Balko has been on about this for years. Here is a November 2008 article on the firing of Stephen Hayne by Mississippi and there are more in Balko's article...
View ArticleBy: nanojath
(opiniont is not a word and it looks like I had more to say but I don't - the : should have been a . - poor quality control).
View ArticleBy: nanojath
I am clear on the the details, I read the entirety of the linked report on the alleged crime. The way you stated it was inaccurate (in that the alleged rape and murder were separate and that the murder...
View ArticleBy: hayvac
Maybe it is considered an unimportant thing, but I wish people would avoid electing phrasing such as "anally raping his four-year-niece to death," when in fact the charge was that death was caused by...
View ArticleBy: telstar
I love how on CSI they have a question and then the next scene shows them in the lab getting the answer. If you don't know why this is funny, you haven't ever worked in a lab.
View ArticleBy: nanojath
Maybe it is considered an unimportant thing, but I wish people would avoid electing phrasing such as "anally raping his four-year-niece to death," when in fact the charge was that death was caused by...
View ArticleBy: hayvac
They said the cause of death was homicidal asphyxia, not anal rape. Read a little further.
View ArticleBy: molecicco
Wow. The effect that lead to the false determination of physical abuse in the wrongful-convcition case is the same effect that plays a crucial role in Season 5 of the Wire.
View Article"High-tech forensic perfection is a television fantasy, not a courtroom reality"
The American National Academy of Sciences recently released a report that punched a few holes in the credibility of the forensic sciences: often seen (and portrayed) as infallible, in practice they're...
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