STORY: "Texas an convicted of sex crime gets reversal of fortune - from his phone," by Senior Writer Seth Augenstein, published by The Forensic Magazine on January 17, 2018.
GIST: "Greg Kelley, a young man in Texas convicted of sexually molesting a
toddler in 2014, had a lot of things going against him that led to his
spending more than three years in prison for a crime he did not commit. But Kelley had one thing to start his reversal of fortune that led to
his release from prison last August, and a judge finding him fully
cleared last month. It was his phone, and the voluminous digital evidence contained on it
showing where he went, and what he was doing over the months when the
molestations occurred. It showed he was not even at the home, which
doubled as a daycare, when the crimes were committed. (This is another example of digits at work - this time for the defence. "Crucially, it also showed what kind of person Kelley was. This was no
pedophile, said C.M. “Mike” Adams, a veteran forensic investigator who
first cracked the iPhone that would ultimately set an innocent man free. “If a pedophile had owned that phone it would have been wiped on a regular basis by performing a factory reset,” Adams told Forensic Magazine.
“Greg’s phone was just the opposite of that. He was creating what would
one day be the digital evidence that lit the fire under his
exoneration.”A partial investigation; It started with a boy telling his parents that someone named “Greg”
had put their penis in the boy’s mouth at the daycare, according to
court documents. Author Augenstein goes on to tell us: "An exoneration remains to be issued by the Texas appeals court. And
the crime itself has never been solved. But an innocent man is free
because of the tracking technology on his cellphone, added Adams. “Digital forensics, like any other forensic discipline, is a
scientific experiment,” said Adams. “If two independent forensic
technicians use the same evidence, the same certified tool, and perform
their work using the same certified process, (they) should be able to
produce the same results. In this case, that is exactly what happened,
and it happened in a glorious manner for Greg.” Read the entire post at the link below:
The entire story can be found at:
https://www.forensicmag.com/news/2018/01/texas-man-convicted-sex-crime-gets-reversal-fortune-his-phone?et_cid=6236483&et_rid=979655504&type=headline&et_cid=6236483&et_rid=979655504&linkid=https%3a%2f%2fwww.forensicmag.com%2fnews%2f2018%2f01%2ftexas-man-convicted-sex-crime-gets-reversal-fortune-his-phone%3fet_cid%3d6236483%26et_rid%3d%%subscriberid%%%26type%3dheadline
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the
Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my
previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put
considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith
and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic
pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses
on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please
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