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Admittedly that’s a bit over an overstatement for a article title, but it gets the readers attention. A recent study at the University of Buffalo have concluded that bitemark evidence can’t be linked back to a given individual. Bitemark evidence can certainly be used to exclude and include a suspect, but to go any [Continue Reading Bitemark Experts Agree, Bitemark Evidence Isn’t Reliable…] 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 every [Continue Reading Congress Finally Has Hearings on the NAS Report…] NPR authored an article pointing out that the push to form a national forensic oversight committee has stalled. Could it be that the government has more important things on their hands now days than the creation of a new bureaucratic body? The end result of which would undoubtedly the recommendation for legislation, or creation Original article can be found here: Peter Neufield, co-director of the Innocence Project, points to the recent Supreme Court decision on requiring forensic scientists to testify, and Justice Scalia’s comment on “deficiencies” in crime labs, as further evidence of the necessity of a National Institute of Forensic Science. Some of the reasons listed are “… vast disparities [Continue Reading National institute could fix crime-lab deficiencies…] A federal inquisition has determined that crime labs across the country need to be overseen by the federal government. Was the report based on the investigators looking for their next job, or what they feel is actually what’s best for the criminal justice system? I agree that crime labs need to be pried out of the [Continue Reading National agency sought for forensic sciences…] |
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