Joseph Buffey; Michael Morton; West Virginia Gazette cautions against...
EDITORIAL: "Injustice: Don't assume guilt," published by the West Virginia Gazette on July 11, 2013. GIST: "When anyone is charged with a crime, something in human nature makes most people assume the...
View ArticleDeborah Madden: San Francisco; Former drug lab tech sentenced to a year of...
STORY: "Former SFPD drug lab tech sentenced to a year of home confinement," published by GIST: "A former San Francisco police crime laboratory technician avoided a prison sentence Friday when a...
View ArticleFBI review: Grits for Breakfast points out a troubling gap: Cases possibly...
POST: "Federal hair microscopy review should be replicated at state level,' published by Grits for Breakfast on July 18, 2013. GIST: "However, there are many technicians at the state and local...
View ArticleFBI review of cases tainted by flawed FBI microscopic hair testimony; A...
PUBLISHER'S VIEW: On June 11, 2013, I posted a commentary by former FBI Director William Sessions commending the FBI for taking the necessary steps to inform defendants and prosecutors in every case...
View ArticleThe Innocence Game: NPR Interview with author Michael Harvey - author of "the...
STORY: "The Innocence Game," by Michael Harvey, based on Bonny North's interview with author Michael Harvey, published by WUWM Milwaukey Public Radio. (89.7); Michael Harvey is the author of The...
View ArticleAnnie Dookhan: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court permits courts to...
STORY: "Staying of jail terms upheld by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Rules in cases tied to lab abuses," by reporter Peter Schworm, published by the Boston Globe on July 22, 2013.GIST: "The...
View ArticleBulletin; John Huffington: Baltimore; Released from prison following a review...
STORY: "John Huffington released from prison Monday," by reporter David Anderson, published by the Baltimore Sun on July 23, 2013.GIST: "Shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, attorney Ryan Malone learned that...
View ArticleFBI review: U.S. Review of FBI forensic microscopic hair analysis testimony...
STORY: "U.S. reviewing 27 death penalty convictions for FBI forensic testimony errors," by reporter Spencer S. Hsu, published on July 17, 2013 by the Washington Post. (Story contains some...
View ArticlePublisher's note; Time for a seasonal break. Back in a few weeks. Keep in...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:Dear Readers;I will be taking a seasonal break over the next few weeks to charge the batteries and take advantage of the warm...
View ArticleBack in action! Catch-up from seasonal break. Ken Anderson: Texas....
STORY: "Hearing date set for Ken Anderson: Proceeding could bar him from practicing in Texas," published by KXAN on August 8, 2013.GIST: "A hearing on a civil proceeding which could bar State District...
View ArticleNew post: (following seasonal break): Amanda Knox; Reuters reports that she...
STORY: "Amanda Knox will not return to Italy for retrial," published by Reuters on August 25, 2013."GIST: "Amanda Knox, the American student accused of the 2007 murder of her British roommate, will...
View ArticleAmanda Knox: Publisher's view: Why she should not hand herself over to an...
PUBLISHER'S VIEW: (EDITORIAL); Who can blame Amanda Knox for not wanting to hand herself over to an Italian criminal justice system that has proven itself so incompetent - especially in its handling...
View ArticleCatch-up following seasonal break: Kelli Jacobsen; New trial date tentatively...
STORY: "New Jacobsen trial date tentatively set for September 30, 2013, by reporter Josh Peterson, published by KVEW TV on July 24, 2013.GIST: "Attorneys tentatively set a new trial date for a former...
View ArticleNew following seasonal break: Cleveland Wright; Co-defendant with exonerated...
STORY: "D.C. man petitions for innocence after DNA exonerates co-defendant in 1978 murders," by reporter Spencer S. Hsu, published by the Washington Post on August 26, 2013.PHOTO CAPTION: "Cleveland...
View ArticleCatch-up following seasonal break: Jesse Friedman; New York. Victory followed...
STORY: "Judge orders release of Jesse Friedman files," by reporter William Murphy, published on August 22, 2013. (Followed by a subsequent news report that an appeal judge has blocked release of the...
View ArticleNew post following seasonal break: Kyle Unger; Manitoba; Flawed RCMP hair...
STORY: "Federal government responds to Kyle Unger lawsuit," by reporter Steve Lambert, the Canadian Press, on August 27, 2013.GIST: The federal attorney general’s office says it and the RCMP acted in...
View ArticleCatch-up from seasonal break: Ed Graf. Texas. Arson "science" case. No new...
STORY: "Waco: Man who won new trial wont get it until next year," by reporter John Carroll, published by KWTX on August 26, 2013.GIST: "A new trial ordered for a suburban Waco man once convicted of...
View Article(New post following seasonal break): Fran Keller; Texas. Austin Chronicle...
STORY:"Can Keller conviction stand without physical evidence? Hearing in Austin ritual abuse case questions evidence of sexual abuse," by Jordan Smith, published in the Austin Chronicle on August 27,...
View ArticleCatch-up post following seasonal break: Sonja Farak; Trial for former state...
STORY: "Trial date set in case of UMass drug lab chemist Sonja Farak," by reporter Bob Dunn published in the Gazette on August 26, 2013;GIST: "The trial of Sonja Farak, the former state drug laboratory...
View ArticleNew post following seasonal break: Analysis; crime labs come under scrutiny...
STORY: "Crime labs under the microscope after a string of shoddy, suspect and fraudulent results, by reporter Mark Hansen, to be published by the American Bar Journal on September 1, 2013.GIST: "Paul...
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