Showing posts with label forensics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label forensics. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Execution Watch: 8/21/2019

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Texas cranks up the death machine again on Wednesday night... LARRY SWEARINGEN, condemned in the December 1988 slaying of a woman last se...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

A look into junk science

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On the way home from the office the other night I caught the current episode of the Murderish  podcast - "Lime Street Fire." The e...
Monday, January 7, 2019

Junk science and guns

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Are the ejector marks from a handgun unique? How many handguns would you have to fire in order to make that conclusion? The Bureau of Alc...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Blood spatter backlash

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Before we begin, let us never forget that the foremost ethical duty of a prosecutor is to see that justice is done (whatever that means), no...
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Book review: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist

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I just finished an excellent book from Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington Sunday night as the storm raged around us. And by excellent I, o...
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Friday, May 11, 2018

What goes around keeps going around

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In our digital world, nothing really ever goes away. That off-hand comment you made on Twitter or that snarky remark you made on someone...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

There once was a lab analyst...

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Oh the fun and games over at the Harris County Institute for Forensic Sciences never seem to stop. Last week a lab analyst was fired for not...
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Saturday, March 17, 2018

An interesting little read for a Saturday morning

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Here's a little something interesting to read related to the use of forensic science to determine just how a woman died. If more so-call...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

More fun with forensics

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You can change the name of the lab. You can give them fancy new wraps on their SUV's. You can move them to another building in downtown ...
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Friday, September 9, 2016

And the hits just keep coming

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Well, that certainly didn't take long. Already ankle deep in an evidence destruction scheme in Precinct 4, Harris County DA Devon Ande...
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Friday, August 1, 2014

Taking credit where credit wasn't due

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Michael Phillips was arrested for the 1990 rape of a 16-year-old girl. Mr. Phillips, who maintained his innocence, entered into a plea agree...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Stop me if you've heard this before...

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It seems that no matter how hard it tries, the Houston Police Department Crime Lab just can't keep itself out of the news. Peter Lentz w...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

We'll let you know if it's something we think you should know about

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Exactly how does a lab analyst, at an accredited lab, record the wrong name on at least 350 lab samples? How does that same lab analyst lose...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

Oh what a relief it is (finally)

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Now I don't usually take to these pages with a self-congratulatory blog post after getting a positive result. That's self-serving an...
Monday, April 7, 2014

More problems for the HPD Crime Lab

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Could the news be any better for the Houston Police Department Crime Lab? After having its DNA lab shut down due to faulty storage and testi...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Scientific fraud in Massachusetts affects over 40,000 defendants

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If ever more evidence was needed that scientific evidence in criminal cases needs to be scrutinized more than it is, we have the story of An...
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Friday, April 5, 2013

Shielding the truth

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Later today the Texas Forensic Science Commission will meet in Austin. One of the items on the agenda will be the scandal at the DPS crime l...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Slicing and dicing away in the Magnolia State

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By all accounts Dr. Steven Hayne of Mississippi worked his butt off. For a period of almost 20 years, Dr. Hayne performed about 1700 autopsi...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Dry labbing it, baby

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Science. Chemistry. Laboratory. When you see or hear those words you think of folks with advanced degrees wearing smocks and goggles h...
Monday, July 16, 2012

FBI to review thousands of cases for faulty forensics

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Oops. Now the FBI is reviewing thousands of cases dating back to 1985 to determine if anyone was wrongly convicted as the result of hair a...