http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/lykos-wrongful-conviction-was-cascading-failure/ and Opinion by a Real Forensic Scientist Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:26:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/lykos-wrongful-conviction-was-cascading-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Houston Police Department Crime Lab Open for Business | Bench Notes: Forensic Science News Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:22:13 +0000 http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=363#comment-230 [...] being closed, the Houston PD crime laboratory is back open. Police chief Harold Hurtt wrote an article for a local newspaper discussing what [...] […] being closed, the Houston PD crime laboratory is back open. Police chief Harold Hurtt wrote an article for a local newspaper discussing what […]

]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/lykos-wrongful-conviction-was-cascading-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Bench Notes: CSI Episode Reviews » Forensic Science Under the Microscope Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:58:50 +0000 http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=363#comment-142 [...] This article goes into false convictions stemming from the Houston Police Crime Lab, from the point of view of the District Attorney. The most incredible part of the story is the prosecutor, the agency who demonized this innocent man, and convinced a jury of his peers, that he was a child molester, somehow manages to blame the defense in the case for not PROVING the man’s innocence. Make no mistakes people, this IS the common trend in today’s prosecuting attorneys’ offices - the belief that a man isn’t innocent until proven guilty, but rather the defense needs to prove themselves innocent. posted by Forensics Guy at 11:57 am   [...] […] This article goes into false convictions stemming from the Houston Police Crime Lab, from the point of view of the District Attorney. The most incredible part of the story is the prosecutor, the agency who demonized this innocent man, and convinced a jury of his peers, that he was a child molester, somehow manages to blame the defense in the case for not PROVING the man’s innocence. Make no mistakes people, this IS the common trend in today’s prosecuting attorneys’ offices — the belief that a man isn’t innocent until proven guilty, but rather the defense needs to prove themselves innocent. posted by Forensics Guy at 11:57 am   […]

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