Bulletin: Melissa Calusinski: Illinois; Decisive ruling hoped for from judge...
"A former teacher's aide found guilty of killing a toddler by throwing the boy to the ground will go to court Tuesday armed with new evidence that her attorneys say proves her innocence. A Lake County...
View ArticleBulletin: Ben Butler: UK. Ongoing trial: Letters describe couple's turbulent...
"A couple's turbulent relationship has been revealed in letters found after their six-year-old daughter died from head injuries. Ben Butler is accused of killing Ellie Butler at their family home in...
View ArticleBulletin: Melissa Calusinski: Illinois: judge undertakes to review her...
"A judge ruled Tuesday that he will read through hundreds of pages of documents requesting a retrial for a former teacher's aide who was convicted of killing a toddler by throwing the child to the...
View ArticleDavid Szach; South Australia; Author Tom Mann's monumental book 'Body in the...
REVIEW: "Body in the Freezer," by Tom Mann, as reviewed by Dr. Bob Moles for the Civil Liberties Australia (CLA) on January 13, 2016. (Dr Bob Moles ACII (UK) LLB (Hons) (Belfast), PhD (Edinburgh),...
View ArticleThe Hillsborough Inquest verdict: SB Nation concludes that The Hillsborough...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: A lesson of the first inquest is that the truth of what actually occurred - as contrasted with the fabric of lies woven by police, politicians, some media and others - was far too...
View ArticleJoseph Buffey: West Virginia: New trial date set following withdrawal of...
"A new trial date has been tentatively set for Joseph Buffey, the Harrison County man permitted late last year to withdraw guilty pleas related to a sexual assault/ robbery case from 2001. Judge John...
View ArticleBulletin: Kamal Shah: New Jersey: Development: A judge has been assigned all...
"The state Supreme Court has assigned a Bergen County Superior Court judge as a special master to handle matters relating to a State Police lab technician who was recently suspended for faking a drug...
View ArticleBulletin: Carla Hughes: Mississippi: Discredited forensic pathologist Dr....
"A GoGetFunding account has been established for Carla Hughes, Hughes was sentenced in 2009 in Madison County Circuit Court to life in prison without parole on two counts of capital murder in the Nov....
View ArticleBulletin: Lonnie Franklin Jr. California; Ballistics; Prosecution's bullet...
"In the trial of the accused Grim Sleeper serial killer, the prosecution has repeatedly pointed jurors to evidence matching bullets in seven victims with the same .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun....
View ArticleSatanic ritual sexual abuse of children prosecutions: Radley Balko links them...
POST: The 'D and D' panic, by Radley Balko, published on his website 'The Watch' by the Washington Post, on April 27, 2016. (Radley Balko blogs about criminal justice, the drug war and civil liberties...
View ArticleTammy Marquardt: William Mullins-Johnson: Two of former doctor Charles...
STORY: ""Justice Denied": 5 times indigenous people were wrongfully convicted in Canada; wrongfully convicted in Canada," by reporter Tim Fontaine, published by CBC News on April 30, 2016.SUB-HEADING:...
View ArticleEthics and the Forensic Expert: A fascinating post by one of my favourite...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Dr. Judy Melinek's Blog 'Forensic Pathology Forum' is a breath of fresh air. A highly experienced board-certified pathologist who blogs about forensic pathology and science in the...
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The Hillsborough Disaster; First person account by survivor Adrian Tempany...
STORY: "Justice, finally" a Hillsborough survivor's story," by Adrian Tempany, published by The Guardian on May 1, 2016.GIST: "Adrian Tempany was at Hillsborough in 1989. Last week he was in Warrington...
View ArticleSignificant Development; Breathalyzer test validity: Gurdev Singh; Ontario:...
STORY: "Breathalyzer: Rejected breathalyzer test could have 'great significance' across Ontario," by reporter Betsy Powell, published by The Toronto Star on May 2, 2016.SUB-HEADING: "An Ontario...
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Gurdev Singh: Ontario; Intoxilyzer 8000C breathalyzer: (Aftermath 1):...
"Police in Ontario are vigilant when it comes to drinking and driving, with numerous R.I.D.E. spot-checks and countless awareness campaigns aimed at reducing carnage on our roads. But are they...
View ArticleGurdev Singh: (Aftermath 2): Intoxilyzer 8000C; (Bulletin): Toronto Star...
EDITORIAL: "The capacity of bad science to subvert justice has too often been made plain in Ontario. Six years ago, an inquiry into the tragic failures of pathologist Charles Smith sought to expose the...
View ArticleCriminalizing pregnancy: Purvi Patel; Indiana; Eesha Pandit describes "The...
POST: "The dark road to criminalizing pregnancy: Why everyone should care about the “feticide” conviction of Purvi Patel," by writer Eesha Pandit, published by 'Salon' on May 2, 2016.SUB-HEADING;...
View ArticleGurdev Singh: Ontario; (Aftermath 3): Bulletin: Veteran defence counsel Ed...
"Remember when you finally learned that the Tooth Fairy wasn’t real? Criminal lawyers across Canada woke up Monday to discover that the infallibility of the instrument at the heart of nearly every...
View ArticleBulletin: Annie Dookhan: Massachusetts; Wayne Ruffin. Sean Ellis;...
"Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter once wrote that “all systems of law . . . are administered through men and therefore may occasionally disclose the frailties of men.” Those frailties surface...
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