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It would seem Congress has finally taken up hearings on the NAS report written months ago. Congress seemed to agree to allocate more funds for training, research in the field, and federal standards should be created for labs and analysts. They didn’t agree on setting up a federal agency. …the federal government shouldn’t “try to micromanage [Continue Reading Congress Finally Has Hearings on the NAS Report...] Apparently eyewitness testimony has been a factor in over 80% of the wrongful convictions later overturned by DNA evidence. Other forensic “errors” (unvalidated techniques, improper testing, or analyst misconduct/testimony) has been a factor in roughly 50%. Hopefully juries will eventually learn that forensic science, like any other science and human activity, is conducted by humans, [Continue Reading Eyewitness Testimony Greatest Factor in Wrongful Convictions...] So apparently with some minimal biology training, people can “fake” DNA evidence. One would think defense attorneys around the globe would already be hopping up and down, denouncing the reliability of this relatively “new” discipline in forensics. Quite the contrary, when asked, the Innocence Project (a group who relies on DNA evidence to prove falsely digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/general_sciences/Innocence_Project_presses_for_improved_evidence_standards#’; [Continue Reading Innocence Project presses for improved evidence standards...] |
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