San Francisco Police Department crime lab: SFGATE reports that a crime-lab...
STORY: "Technician, boss in SFPD (San Francisco Police Department) lab scandal flunked DNA skills exam," by reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken, published by SFGATE on March 30, 2015.GIST: "The San Francisco...
View ArticleBulletin: Aisling Brady McCarthy: Irish nanny trial date set for October 13;...
The trial of Aisling Brady McCarthy, the Irish nanny accused of murdering a baby in the US, will take place in October, it has emerged. The 35-year-old from Cavan is on bail following her release from...
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The Science of Interrogation Professor sets out to design a study that would...
ecurity and DefenceThe Science of InterrogationDrake Bennett | 27-04-2015, 08:55 AM | USA | How to find out anything from anyoneIn August 2003, six months after the US invasion of Iraq and four months...
View ArticlePurvi Patel: Feticide; PRI (Public Radio International) asks "Who is the...
POST: "Who is the doctor who paved the way to prison for Purvi Patel?, by reporter David Conrad, published by PRI on April 5, 2015. PHOTO CAPTION: Police investigate the scene in suburban South Bend,...
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Bulletin: Jeremiah Duggan: London; Inquest coroner rules that a north London...
A north London student found dead on a German motorway after spending five days at far-right cult conference did not commit suicide, a coroner today ruled.Coroner Andrew Walker ruled out conspiracy...
View ArticleBulletin: Ingmar Guandique: New trial may be granted to man convicted of...
A new trial may be granted to the man convicted of killing Chandra Levy, a Washington intern whose disappearance in 2001 drew national headlines. Ingmar Guandique was sentenced to 60 years in prison...
View ArticleBulletin: Douglas Prade: Ohio; The imprisoned former Akron police captain...
Douglas Prade, the imprisoned former Akron police captain fighting for a new trial in the 1997 death of his ex-wife, has dropped his federal lawsuit against the city of Akron. Prade dropped the suit,...
View ArticleBulletin:David Bain; New Zealand; As the David Bain compensation battle rolls...
As the David Bain compensation battle rolls on, nearly 70% of voters in a ONE News/Colmar Brunton poll think he should be compensated. But it's likely to be some time before any decision is made by the...
View ArticleBulletin: Cleveland Wright: (District of Columbia); Granted a certificate of...
A D.C. man whose murder conviction was thrown out more than a year ago finally received his certificate of actual innocence on Friday. Cleveland Wright was sent to prison for 28 years on hair analysis...
View Article'Innocence Fraud': (It's a new term to me too! HL);(Thank you Mark Godsey of...
POST: "Magazine editor says "Innocence Fraud" - when innocence organizations free guilty people - is a threat," by Mark Godsey, published by the Wrongful Convictions Blog on May 7, 2015.CAPTION:...
View ArticleBulletin: New Zealand panel of lawyers and academics takes on fight against...
"Justice is slow-moving in New Zealand but must it be as slow as this? Teina Pora spent 22 years in custody on rape and murder charges until his convictions were finally quashed by the Privy Council...
View ArticleMartin Tankleff: New York; New York Law Journal reports on a ruling in a...
STORY: "Testimony on knife adds another claim to Tankleff suit," by reporter Andrew Keshner, published by The New York Law Journal on May 8 2015.GIST: "As Martin Tankleff presses his case against...
View ArticleBulletin: Joseph Buffey: Tuesday starts the trial for Adam Bowers, a second...
Tuesday starts the trial for Adam Bowers, a second man connected to a 14-year-old sexual assault and robbery case. In 2001, Joseph Buffey was convicted for raping and robbing an 83-year-old Clarksburg...
View ArticleBulletin: Douglas Prade; Ohio; Former police officer to fight for a new trial...
"A Summit County judge will hear oral arguments at a hearing June 12 on whether former Akron Police Capt. Douglas Prade should receive a new trial in the 1997 death of his ex-wife.........Prade, 69,...
View ArticleFBI overstated hair match crisis. (23): (The Emperor's clothes); The...
PUBLISHER'S VIEW: The Washington Post puts the onus of healing a badly broken U.S. criminal justice system on the Justice Department, saying: "We hope the Justice Department undertakes an analysis...
View ArticleAdam Bowers: West Virginia; (Case is related to Joseph Buffey): Officer asked...
STORY: "Second suspect in 2001 sexual assault and robbery case appears in court," by Your 5News Team, published on May 26, 20125.GIST: ( Tuesday marked the beginning of Adam Bowers trial. Bowers is the...
View ArticleAisling Brady McCarthy: Massachusetts: Irish Times reports that even before...
STORY: "Trial outcome hangs on medical balance," by reporter John Breslin published by the Irish Times on May 9, 2015.SUB-HEADING: "After two years in jail, the Irish nanny charged with first degree...
View ArticleAdam Bowers: Joseph Buffey; West Virginia; At the end of Day Two of his...
STORY: "Adam Bower's sexual assault trial: Day Two," by reporter Andrew Havranek, published by WDTV on May 27 2015.GIST: "Wednesday marked the second day of trial for a 14-year-old sexual assault and...
View ArticleSabastian Prosa: Ontario; CBC reports that drunk driving charges won't be...
STORY: "Sabastian Prosa drunk driving charges won't be stayed, judge rules,: published by the CBC on May 27 2015.SUB-HEADING: "Judge Glenn Hainey says accused's charter rights were violated, but...
View ArticleBulletin: Adam Bowers; West Virginia; He has been found guilty on all charges...
After nearly an hour and a half of deliberations, Adam Bowers was found guilty on all charges from a 2001 sexual assault case involving an 83-year-old woman.........Following Bowers testimony, the...
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