Prosecutors Move To Seize Control of Crime Lab

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The Orange County Prosecutor’s Office move to wrest con­trol of the crime lab away from the sheriff’s depart­ment. While out­siders some­times point out that hav­ing a crime lab under the con­trol of a police agency can lead to lab staff being pres­sured to bias their opin­ions, or per­haps even those ana­lysts who seem

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December 15th, 2008 | Tags: crime lab, DNA, Forensic, LinkedIn, Orange County | Category: News Stories, Opinion | Leave a comment

Innocence Project presses for improved evidence standards

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This arti­cle hits on a very impor­tant point. The pop­u­lar TV show states “the evi­dence doesn’t lie.” That’s true, but evi­dence doesn’t speak either. It’s up to the foren­sic sci­en­tists at trial to give voice to the evi­dence. The prob­lem lies in the inter­pre­ta­tion the foren­sic sci­en­tists puts on the

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December 1st, 2008 | Tags: Forensic, forensic reform, Innocence Project, wrongfully convicted | Category: News Stories, Opinion | One comment

CSI NY # 505 “The Cost of Living”

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While inves­ti­gat­ing the mur­der of a famous archae­ol­o­gist, Mac and the team unravel a mur­der mys­tery over 70 years in the making.

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Forensic points of inter­est this episode:

Rat blood detected on the oven mitt.

A zip-gun made from a ballpoint pen.

One of the clues the team dis­cov­ers is an oven mitt with

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November 30th, 2008 | Tags: csi, Forensic, LinkedIn, review, zip-gun | Category: CSI: Gag Relfex | Leave a comment

Batman : The Dark Knight — Forensic Aspects

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I went out and watched The Dark Knight this week­end. Good movie. I’m not sure it’s as good as all the buzz sur­round­ing it, but worth the ticket price.

Let me explain a lit­tle about my past expe­ri­ences with Batman.

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August 3rd, 2008 | Tags: Batman, Dark Knight, Forensic, Movie Review | Category: Movie Reviews, Opinion | 2 comments