Annie Dookhan: Sonja Farak: Massachusetts lab scandals took weighty toll:...
STORY: "DAs to dump 7,500 more drug convictions; Cases tied to second chemist scandal," by reporter Brian Dowling, published by The Boston Herald on December, 1, 2017. GIST: "An estimated 7,500 drug...
View ArticleShawn Henning; Ralph "Rocky" Birch: Connecticut: "Bloody murder: Were teens...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "This was one of the bloodiest crime scenes many of the first responders and others connected to the case had ever seen, raising the question of how anyone, never mind two...
View ArticleFalse Confessions: Illinois: The Crime report presents "The Simple Way to...
COMMENTARY: "The Simple Way to Prevent False Confessions," by Elizabeth Clarke, published by The Crime Report on November 30, 2017. (Elizabeth Clarke is founder and president of the Juvenile Justice...
View ArticleQuestion of the day: Journalist Ted Gest asks: "Does evidence matter in...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Criminologists long have complained that policymakers tend to ignore their studies and pursue ideas based more on whims than...
View ArticleRodricus Crawford: Louisiana; Civil lawsuit launched by former death row...
STORY: 'Shreveport man freed from death row files suit in hopes 'injustice never happens again', by reporter Karen Kidd, published by The Louisiana Record on December 5, 3017.GIST: The lawsuit filed by...
View ArticleDisgraced Hospital for Sick Children now-defunct Motherisk hair testing lab:...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "The Motherisk results were not the only factor in the case, but as (trial judge) Campbell saw it, they influenced crucial decisions along the way, and “contributed to delay and the...
View ArticleJulie Baumer: Michigan; Shaken baby syndrome: 'A strong woman's triumph over...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "In her second trial, Baumer’s defense lawyer testified that he hadn’t been knowledgeable enough about the medical aspects of her case to provide her with an adequate defense, just...
View ArticleDaniel Holtzclaw: Oklahoma; Flawed forensic science and testimony? "Pyongyang...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: " Don't worry, be happy, comrades."--------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENTARY: "Pyongyang on the Prairie, Part I," by Michelle Malkin,...
View Article'Likelihood Ratio'. Ten points if you know about this statistical tool: If...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This release was an eye-opener to me. I had no idea, until reading it, that there was a method of presenting evidence in courtrooms - a statistical tool called the 'Likelihood Ratio...
View ArticleForensic Experiential Trauma Interview: (FETI); Part 2: A matter of growing...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: In an article cited in Part 1 of this series on 'Forensic Experiential Trauma interview' - a matter of growing concern - author Emily Green writes that "Investigators in the U.S....
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Forensic Experiential Trauma Interview: (FETI): (Part 3): A matter of...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Wall Street Journal story recognizes the degree to which Forensic Experiential Trauma Interview (FETI) is sweeping across America as "police nation wide are using Forensic...
View ArticleShaken Baby Syndrome: (Part 1): An in-depth analyis by author Will Storr...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The brutal attack in the UK and elsewhere on skeptics such as Dr Waney Squier who have identified dozens of cases in North America and abroad of parents and caregivers who have been...
View ArticleShaken baby syndrome: Part 2: Zavion Johnson: California; Major development:...
STORY: "California Man Freed After 15 Years for Shaken Baby Death," by Don Thompson, Associated Press, published by Forensic Magazine on December 11, 2017. (Thanks to Forensic Magazine for drawing this...
View ArticleFalse confessions: (Part 1): The Englewood Four; Harold Richardson; Vincent...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "After he was released from prison in 2011, Swift sought to use forensic testing to clear himself in the killing of Glover, who was found in a trash bin in the South Side...
View ArticleFalse confessions (Part 2): Reid technique: Hamilton Ontario ceiminal lawyer...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Charles Smith Blog is interested in false confessions because of the disturbing number of exonerations in the USA, Canada and multiple other jurisdictions throughout the world,...
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Jimmy Barlow: California: On-going trial; Coast guard petty officer maintains...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "On Monday, defense attorney Colby Vokey wasted no time before trying to cast doubt on the Alameda County Coroner’s finding that Eden’s death was a homicide and the cause of death...
View ArticleFalse confessions: (Part three): Brendan Dassey.Wisconsin: Setback: Appeals...
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "No reasonable state court, knowing what we now know about coercive interrogation techniques and viewing Dassey's interrogation in light of his age, intellectual deficits, and...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guardsman Jimmy Barlow Found Not Guilty of Child Endangerment In...
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "There’s nothing worse than losing a child, except for losing a child and being falsely accused for that death."Defence lawyer Colby Volkey;------------------------------------;...
View ArticleCrime lab corruption UK, USA and Australia; (Starting with) Randox Testing...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "The original estimate of 484 cases is now 10,000 and prosecutors have begun dropping prosecutions rather than go toe-to-toe with judges unsympathetic to their requests for...
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