California Crime Laboratory Task Force Disbands

A recent edi­to­r­ial in the SacBee crit­i­cizes the Cal. Crime Lab Task Force for disbanding.

The sur­pris­ing deci­sion of the California Crime Lab Task Force to vote itself out of exis­tence ear­lier this month is a mis­take that puts jus­tice itself at risk. It’s a deci­sion that should be quickly revis­ited and rescinded.

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Blogger Attacks Moderness of Equipment Used in Crime Labs

A blog­ger by the name of Steve Weinberg authored a post dis­cussing some short­com­ings in today’s crime labs, using Houston PD as an exam­ple. While he made some good points, one of them is a bit misleading:

In the wrong­ful con­vic­tion realm, incom­pe­tence and dis­hon­esty at police agency crime lab­o­ra­to­ries rank among the most dif­fi­cult problems

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How to reduce your chances of a DUI arrest?

The fol­low­ing post is from a guest author, and does not nec­es­sar­ily reflect the opin­ions of Forensics Guy, Inc.

How to reduce your chances of a DUI arrest?

Any per­son who has even been remotely involved in a DUI case as either a law enforcer, a DUI offender or a vic­tim or even a lawyer would all

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Apple's iPad : Falling Short For Forensic Scientists

The Apple iPad falls short for foren­sic sci­en­tists, and other pro­fes­sion­als. Let me start off by say­ing I’ve pri­mar­ily been an Apple user since the Apple ][+. The first Microsoft device I ever used at my house was the orig­i­nal Xbox. The first Windows based PC was pur­chased about 3 years ago and was

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Retrograde Extrapolations

Retrograde extrap­o­la­tions are a some­what con­tro­ver­sial cal­cu­la­tion per­formed in foren­sic alco­hol cases (DUI cases). The goal is to pre­dict what someone’s alco­hol con­cen­tra­tion would be ear­lier in time, given a known con­cen­tra­tion later in time.

The rea­son it is con­tro­ver­sial is that is heav­ily relies on assump­tions, many of which are not in evi­dence. The per­son performing

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