Technology Series (Part 4): India: Massive biometric databases...The...
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View ArticleTechnology Series: (Part 5): Fake videos: The Crime Report story (reporter...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "When fake news meets deep fake video, the possibilities are harrowing."-----------------------------------------------------------------SECOND PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "While most of us...
View ArticleMotherisk: Toronto; Hospital for Sick Children. (The same hospital that...
STORY: "She was convicted of feeding her son cocaine. No one told her the hair tests were flawed," by Investigative Reporter Rachel Mendleson, published by The Toronto Star on September 14, 2018.PHOTO...
View ArticleTechnology Series; (Part 6): Will a scary new 'deepfake' video which can...
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View ArticleJeffrey Havard: Mississippi: Major Development: Shaken baby syndrome case. He...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: At the very least this ruling will prevent the execution of an innocent man. However, Jeffrey Havard was convicted on the basis of a controversial 'syndrome', which should more...
View ArticleTerry Friesen; New Zealand; False confession case. She is exonerated 30 years...
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View Article"Joyce"... Motherisk...Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto): Toronto Star...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Fifteen years after Joyce’s sentence appeal, Lockyer would play a key role in exposing the problems at Motherisk, by producing fresh expert evidence in Broomfield’s appeal that...
View ArticleRichard Wright: New York State; Major Set-back; He loses his second trial in...
REMINDER: WRONGFUL CONVICTION DAY: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3D: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------STORY: PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Wright said he...
View ArticleMotherisk: Hospital for Sick Children; Ontario: The CBC's very bizarre,...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "CBC first reported on Viaguard Accu-Metrics in June after receiving tips about odd results from the company's Native American DNA tests. Two men in Quebec both claimed they sent in...
View ArticleJoe Bryan: Texas: Major Development: Prosecution expert retracts opinion;...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Here is the latest report (and related links) to readers from Pamela Colloff on her New York Times/ProPublica investigation 'Blood Will Tell' into Joe Bryan's blood-splatter based...
View ArticleMark Lundy: New Zealand: New Zealand reporter Steve Braunias - Senior Writer...
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View ArticleCentre of Forensic Sciences: Ontario; 'Renowned' Centre alleged in proposed...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Successful DNA profiling from a person's bodily fluids or tissue has become a critical tool in many criminal investigations -- allowing for near certainty in including or excluding...
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axios site: Technologty gone wild - criimal justIce system cannot be isolated...
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Steve LeVine<steve@axios.com>Date: Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 7:26 PMSubject: Axios Future: Back to the jungle — Surveillance ground zero — Cracking trade...
View ArticleJeffrey Havard: Mississippi: Radley Balko: "The murder evidence evaporated,...
COMMENTARY: "The murder evidence evaporated, but Jeffrey Havard still sits in a Mississippi prison," by Radley Balko, published on his Blog 'The Watch' by The Washington Post on September 19,...
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Houston Crime lab: Yet another apparent debacle: (Analyst Andrea Gooden):...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "The court ruled that defense attorneys for Diamond should have been told about the suspension, which could have provided grounds for questioning Gooden’s testimony. Evidence that...
View ArticleFlawed DNA evidence: Washington DC lawyer/commentator Marina Medvin presents...
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View ArticleDeep-fake video's: Fascinating story from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "A deepfake video can put a person's face on somebody else's body, make them say words they never uttered, show them in a place they've never been, or even put them at an event that...
View ArticleDangers of DNA Testing: Outstanding New York Times 'opinion' piece by Dr....
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "The test results are troubling, especially since errors also occur in actual casework. Just ask Dwayne Jackson of Las Vegas. When he was 18, he was told that his DNA matched DNA...
View ArticleMichael Holick: New Yorker calls him "The Child-Abuse Contrarian," in a...
FIRST PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Many geneticists and bone specialists find it troubling that he diagnoses EDS in nearly a hundred per cent of the cases he examines. According to the National Institutes of...
View ArticleNotice to Charles Smith Bloggians: I must take a brief break from blogging...
REMINDER: WRONGFUL CONVICTION DAY - NOW COMMEMORATED BY INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD - IS AROUND THE CORNER: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2d,...
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