PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "The USDOJ retrenchment to the days of J Edgar Hoover’s autocratic manipulations and misuse of governmental power is clearly not a smoke and mirror gambit. It is real. Head prosecutor Sessions is sucking the life out of this 10 years gain. With today’s short and sweet non-renewal of the National Commission on Forensic Science, Sessions is toadying to the strong arm minority within the police crime lab industry and top prosecutors for their ten years of ranting against experiencing scientific (not police ‘science’) oversight to their respective kingdoms."
--------------------------------------------------------
POST: 'Stand strong on forensic science reform - and against DOJ fake news' by Dr. Mike Bowers, published by his Blog 'CSIDDS: Forensics and law in focus' on February 23, 2025. (Dr. Michael Bowers is a long time forensic consultant in the US and international court systems.)
GIST: "I have played a bit of poker in my day, but the double-crosses and bluffing we are getting from the our glorious leaders of the Republican Administration is getting old fast.
Their deconstructing and lock-step revision of 10 years of serious accomplishments on forensic science by the bi-partisan players in Obama’s WH, US Congress, and other Criminal Justice stakeholders like the Innocence Projects (25 years strong) is advancing with speed.
The USDOJ retrenchment to the days of J Edgar Hoover’s autocratic manipulations and misuse of governmental power is clearly not a smoke and mirror gambit. It is real. Head prosecutor Sessions is sucking the life out of this 10 years gain. With today’s short and sweet non-renewal of the National Commission on Forensic Science, Sessions is toadying to the strong arm minority within the police crime lab industry and top prosecutors for their ten years of ranting against experiencing scientific (not police ‘science’) oversight to their respective kingdoms.
This post-cancellation DOJ memo makes sure that some lip service of uplifting ideals and goals will be provided within forensics going to this unilateral and very partisan management scheme. Don’t count on it.
For those same 10 years, citizens, coalitions of scientists, hundreds of exonerees, families of the incarcerated, innocence litigators, a few forensic practitioners and so called ‘liberal’ MSM types are largely responsible for making exonerating the innocent and the weaknesses and strengths of forensic science an every day occurrence.
Don’t expect to contribute any comments to the DOJ.
Going to http://www.regulations.gov does not result in any link to the memo’s Docket Number OLP 160.
Smoke and Mirrors.
STAND STRONG FOR FORENSIC SCIENCE REFORM
We will not be silenced."
https://csidds.com/2017/04/10/stand-strong-on-forensic-science-reform-and-against-doj-fake-news/
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. 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 send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.
SEE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG, AT THE LINK BELOW: HL:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985
———————————————————————————————
FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
—————————————————————————————————
FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
