Bulletin: Barton McNeil: Illinois; Defence seeks DNA testing at hearing to be...
STORY: "Defence in 1988 child death to argue for DNA testing by Edith Brady-Lunny published in the Pantagraph on June 21, 2014."GIST: "The bed sheet and clothing of 3-year-old Christina McNeil may hold...
View ArticleDavid Harold Eastman; Australia; Prosecutors get green light to argue that he...
STORY: "David Eastman Inquiry: ACT (Australian Capital Territory) DPP wins right to argue to keep killer in jail," published by ABC News on June 23, 2014.GIST: "The ACT Director of Public...
View ArticleFlawed science: Professor Alan Young (Osgoode Hall Law School) tells an...
STORY: "Ideacity 2014: Justice served, denied and derailed," by columnist Antonia Zerbisias, published by the Toronto Star on June 20, 2014.GIST: "Fresh off his victory at the Supreme Court of Canada...
View ArticleHan Tak Lee. Pennsylvania; Columbus Dispatch reports that the "arson science"...
STORY: "Arson science discredited," by reporter Michael Rubinkam, published by the Columbus Dispatch on June 23 2014.GIST:The arsonist who killed Ji Yun Lee was especially cruel and calculating,...
View ArticleWrongful Convictions Day: AIDWYC (The Association in Defence of the Wrongly...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: What a great idea! One day a year, effective October 2, 2014, to commemorate the wrongfully convicted. An opportunity for organizations and individuals around the world to...
View ArticleHouston Police crime lab; Peter Lentz; Houston Chronicle reports that...
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View ArticleBulletin: Former forensic psychiatrist loses appeal of five year term for...
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View ArticleBulletin: Paul Hildwin: 54; New York Daily News reports that this death row...
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View ArticleBuletin: Alan Dale Smith: The Toronto Star reports that all of the evidence...
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View ArticleBulletin: Billy Wayne Cope: South Carolina; Defence takes comfort from...
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View ArticleThe System; Excellent Al Jazeera series on America's criminal justice system:...
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View ArticleShaken baby Syndrome: Sue Luttner's of "On SBS" on how "The challenge ahead...
TREATISE: "Shaken baby syndrome: Inadequate logic, unvalidated thoery, insufficient science," by Susan E. Luttner (Publisher of "On SBS") dated April 2014. GIST: “The physicians who have seen their...
View ArticleCellphone Technology; Junk science? Lisa Roberts. Oregon; The science behind...
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View ArticleTeina Pora: New Zealand; Team that has been relentlessly pursuing the...
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View ArticleLukis Anderson California: Paramedics inadvertently transferred his DNA to...
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View ArticlePublisher's note: The Charles Smith Blog takes a seasonal break; Enjoy!
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View ArticleCatch-up 1: Nelson Hart: Momentous development: Supreme Court of Canada...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am back from a "seasonal break" with the first of several "catch-ups" and a eagerness to plunge into new posts. The Supreme Court of Canada decision imposing limits on "Mr. Big"...
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Cameron Todd Willingham: New evidence revives concerns that Texas wrongly...
STORY: "Fresh doubts over a Texas execution: New evidence revives concerns that a man was wrongly put to death in 2004," by Maurice Possley, The Marshall Project, published by the Washington Post on...
View ArticleNelson Hart: Newfoundland; Momentous development; Mr. Big accused Nelson Hart...
STORY: "Mr. Big accused Nelson Hart won't face new murder trial," published by CBC News on August 5, 2014.SUB-HEADING: "Hart was convicted in 2007 of drowning twin daughters, but decision overturned on...
View ArticleGrace and Matthew Huang: Qatar; Couple accused of starving their daughter to...
STORY: "US urges Qatar to lift travel ban on Americans appealing murder charge," published by Arabian Business on August 4, 2014.GIST: "Matthew and Grace Huang were sentenced to three years’ in jail...
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