Chris Tapp: Idaho: (2) Post Registrar editorial written calls on state to,...
EDITORIAL: "Free Tapp Now," written by Commentary page editor Kate Stokes, published by The Post Register on September 11, 2016GIST: "According to an independent investigator contracted by...
View ArticleForensic science reform: USA; (1): Major Development: Bulletin; Associated...
(September 13): "The Justice Department on Monday announced a new code of professional responsibility for its forensic science laboratories and also cautioned its examiners and prosecutors to use...
View ArticleForensic Science reform; USA; (2): Bulletin: Deputy Attorney General Sally...
(September 12): "The Department of Justice announced new steps today as part of its ongoing commitment to strengthening and advancing forensic science. The department will implement a number of steps...
View ArticleForensic science reform: USA; (3): 'Forensic Magazine' highlights the...
"Forensic science, already under review and scrutiny from an alphabet-soup of federal agencies, is getting another reining-in from the Department of Justice. Terms such as “reasonable scientific...
View ArticleSteven Avery: Wisconsin: (Making a Murderer); Bulletin: Associated Press...
"A judge has appointed a special prosecutor to represent the state in Steven Avery's request for extensive testing in his homicide case. Court documents show a judge appointed former Milwaukee County...
View ArticleOral "Nick" Hillary: New York; Bulletin: On-going murder Case: (DNA issues...
"An upstate New York judge has denied a dismissal or mistrial request made by defense lawyers for a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend's 12-year-old son. The defense attorneys made the request as...
View ArticleShaken Baby Syndrome: Law journals are starting to cover "the legal tangle"...
POST: "Well said: Law journals address SBS," by Sue Luttner, published on her Blog 'On SBS';GIST: Sue Luttner says in this helpful post that "With manuscripts from seasoned veterans, young idealists,...
View ArticlePrecinct (4) Constable's Office; Harris County; Texas; ('cleaning out' of...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The destruction of thousands of pieces of evidence by police officers at the moment it is said to be impossible to say how many because of shoddy record keeping - is an enormous...
View ArticleBraintree evidence room: Massachusetts; Scandal and tragedy; With huge impact...
STORY: "Hundreds of drug cases at risk in Braintree evidence room scandal," by Andrea Estes and Jim O'Sullivan, published by the Boston Globe on September 14, 2016.SUB-HEADING: "Emerging scandal in...
View ArticleOral 'Nick' Hillary: New York. On-going trial: (case has potential DNA...
"Testimony got back underway Wednesday afternoon in the Nick Hillary murder trial, but not before another request for a mistrial from the defense. Hillary's attorneys continue to press the issue...
View ArticlePedro Hernandez: New York: Bulletin; (Alleged false confession...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Pedro Hernandez's retrial is of interest to this Blog because of the false confession allegations. As the jury selection and trial may last for many months I will be dipping in from...
View ArticleJoseph Buffey: West Virginia; Bulletin: Buffey cases now all set for trial,...
"All of the state’s charges against Joseph A. Buffey are now scheduled for trial this fall in Harrison County. Buffey had pleaded guilty in 2002 to two counts of first-degree sexual assault, and one...
View Article'Junk bitemark science': Another neat post from Blogger Mike Bowers. (CSIDDS:...
POST: "Regardless of #PCAST, (President's Council on Science and Technology) bitemark matchers praise themselves and re-up their “Bitemark Breakfast," by Blogger Mike Bowers, published on his Blog...
View ArticleDr. Roberto Bayardo: Austin, Texas: 80-years-old former medical examiner who...
"As the capital murder trial against 62-year-old Mark Norwood continues, the court heard key testimony from the man who performed her autopsy 30 years ago. Dr. Roberto Bayardo described the gruesome...
View ArticlePillaged Braintree police evidence room: Massachusetts; Major Development:...
"The state attorney general is now investigating the Braintree police evidence room after county prosecutors dismissed six cases this week and said hundreds more are under review. “We’ve been...
View ArticlePillaged Braintree police evidence room: Massacusetts; (Call the cops! HL);...
STORY: "Braintree police audit shows $407,998 and 60 guns missing from evidence room,"by reporter Fred Hanson, published by the Patriot Ledger on September 14, 2014.GIST: "An audit of the Braintree...
View Article"Oral Nick Hillary"...New York: (DNA related issues anticipated); Bulletin;...
"More twists and turns in the murder trial of Oral "Nick" Hillary; Defense attorneys were able to question Gregory Brown, the man who says someone other than Hillary was in the apartment of 12-year-old...
View ArticleMarco Lopez; Illinois; Major development. (eyewitness identification);...
STORY: "High court opens door to experts who say eyewitness IDs are unreliable Illinois Supreme Court," by reporter Robert McCoppin, published on September 12, 2016 by The Chicago Tribune.GIST: "In...
View ArticleRodney Reed; Texas: His battle from death row for post-conviction DNA...
STORY: "Judge’s conflicting orders roil Rodney Reed appeal," by reporter Chuck Lindell, published by the American-Statesman on September 16, 2016.HIGHLIGHTS: Judge signs two documents, with conflicting...
View ArticleMelissa Calusinski: Illinois: Bulletin: The former day care worker convicted...
"Melissa Calusinski was back in a Lake County courtroom Friday as a hearing resumed to determine if her murder conviction in the death of a toddler will be overturned. Five years after the...
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