Bite-mark evidence: Consumate criminal justice blogger Radley Balko presents...
POST: "The latest from the world of bite mark evidence," by Radley Balko, published by The Washington Post, on February 1, 2016.GIST: "There have been some new developments and stories regarding the...
View ArticleBulletin: Adnan Syed: Maryland; 'Serial' subject has day in court; His case...
"'Serial' podcast subject Adnan Syed is in a Baltimore court house Wednesday, his attorney seeking a new trial. For more than a decade, Asia McClain was confident that she had seen Adnan Syed at a...
View ArticleMotherisk; Vice News: "This Canadian Lab Spent 20 Years Ruining Lives."...
STORY: "Motherisk: This Canadian lab spent 20 years ruining lives," a beautifully written, insightful piece by reporter Tess Owen, published by 'Vice' on February 4, 2016.GIST: "Four years ago,...
View ArticleBulletin: National Registry of Exonerations Report: (Part Four); Grits for...
"Your correspondent was briefly quoted in the Dallas News' coverage of the latest annual report from the National Exoneration Registry, available here. Texas saw 54 exonerations in 2015, 42 of which...
View ArticleBulletin: National Registry of Exonerations: Part Five; The Huffington Post...
"The Netfilx hit true-crime series “Making a Murderer” leaves many people wondering: Just how common is the story of a wrongful conviction in America’s criminal justice system? Too common, according a...
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Bulletin: National Registry of Exonerations: (Part Six); (Pittsburg...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Bravo to the Post-Gazette for its powerful editorial. Although it is focused on the American criminal justice system, it is relevant to Canada and many other countries as well. If...
View ArticleMotherisk: The CBC's Ron Charles reports that "(the) Motherisk scandal...
STORY: "Motherisk scandal highlights risk of deferring to experts without questioning credentials," by reporter Ron Charles, published on February 8, 2016 by CBC News.SUB-HEADING: "Lab's flawed hair...
View ArticleBulletin: David Eastman; Stay application (1): The Canberra Times reports...
"David Eastman has launched his last-ditch bid to stave off a second trial for the 1989 murder of ACT police chief Colin Winchester. The next two weeks will prove crucial in the long-running Eastman...
View Article(Annie Dookhan); (Part One): Massachusetts: John Malcolm's enlightened...
COMMENTARY: "Persistent Forensics Lab Problems Undermine Faith in Our Criminal Justice System," by John Malcolm, published by the Heritage Foundation. John Malcolm isDirector, Edwin Meese III Center...
View ArticleBulletin: David Eastman; Stay application (2): Australia: Canberra Times...
"The man who led the prosecution of David Eastman says his team quickly came to an understanding that all relevant material should be disclosed to the defence before the 1995 trial for the murder of...
View ArticleBulletin: Susan Neill-Fraser; Tasmania; She argues that there is "fresh and...
"Convicted murderer Susan Neill-Fraser has identified three other people who could have killed her partner Bob Chappell — including a suspected hitman. In documents lodged with the Supreme Court as...
View ArticleBulletin: Annie Dookhan: (Part Two); Hinton Lab; State inspector general...
"After months spent testing hundreds of samples from the notorious Hinton State Laboratory Institute, the state inspector general verified the crime lab’s findings in the “vast majority” of cases,...
View ArticleBulletin: David Eastman: Stay application (3); Canberra Times reports:...
"The man who led the prosecution of David Eastman has rubbished suggestions that he was "playing games" with the jury to boost the credibility of forensic expert Robert Barnes. The evidence of former...
View ArticleSuzanne Johnson: California; 'Shaken Baby' Syndrome; (1): Reuter's...
STORY: "California 'shaken baby' case in vanguard of new legal challenges, by reporter Steve Gorman, published by Reuters on February 9, 2016.GIST: "After 17 years in prison for an infant's death at...
View Article'Shaken Baby' Syndrome: (2); Some positive news from blogger Sue Luttner on...
POST: "Enlightened Rulings; Outrageous stories," by Sue Littner, published by "on SBS" on February 2, 2016.GIST: "A series of promising decisions has offered renewed hope for a few prisoners and...
View ArticleBulletin: Tim Bosma trial; Hamilton Ontario: When you thought you heard it...
"A trailer containing Tim Bosma's truck, key evidence in the murder trial of the two men accused of killing him, was left unsecured during transport to an Ontario Provincial Police facility, court...
View ArticleGeorge Perrot: Massachusetts: Daily Mail: Having spent 30 years in jail after...
STORY: "George Perrot: Man who spent 30 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of rape because of bogus FBI evidence walks free," by reporter Chris Pleasance, reported by the Daily Mail on...
View ArticleBulletin: David Eastman; Australia; Stay application; (4): Extraordinary...
"A top FBI forensic expert who helped cement the case against David Eastman was embroiled in an explosive misconduct probe that was scathing of his competence and reliability. Fairfax Media can also...
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