Friday, October 28, 2011

MICROSCOPIC HAIR ANALYSIS: GRITS FOR BREAKFAST: "A FORENSIC TECHNIQUE THAT WAS "JUDICIALLY ACCEPTED FOR DECADES" CALLED "HIGHLY UNRELIABLE".

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"The 2009 NRC-NAS report contained an assessment of hair analysis, says the manual, "observing that there are neither 'scient...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

HANK SKINNER: PROMINENT TEXANS - INCLUDING A FORMER CRIMINAL APPEALS JUDGE - URGE TESTING THE UNTESTED DNA EVIDENCE; THE LETTER;

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"Executing Mr. Skinner without testing all therelevant evidence would suggest official indifference to the possibility of error...

BRENDA WAUDBY: SHE TAKES ANOTHER STEP IN BID TO CLEAR HER NAME. CLAIMS GUILTY PLEA TO CHILD ABUSE COERCED FOR WITHDRAWAL OF MURDER CHARGE;

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""Madam Justice Michelle Fuerst ordered that Waudby's lawyer Julie Kirkpatrick is allowed to forward copies of interviews pr...

HOUSTON CRIME LAB; MOBILE ALCOHOL TESTING UNIT SCANDAL; HOUSTON CHRONICLE SCRIBE MURRAY NEWMAN CALLS IT "WATERGATE ON THE BAYOU".

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"So the issue is now a relatively tremendous thing in the Criminal Justice world. If police officers were telling prosecutors that...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

"INJUSTICE SPEAKS"; TORONTO EVENT SPONSORED BY ASSOCIATION IN DEFENCE OF THE WRONGLY CONVICTED; FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER, 2011; JUAN MELENDEZ-COLON ET AL!

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC) has built up an extraordinary track record in exonerati...

ARSON INVESTIGATIONS: "DISCOVER" MAGAZINE ASKS IF SCIENCE CAN BRING JUSTICE TO ARSON TRIALS; BY DOUGLAS STARR; GREAT READ;

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“"A lot of bad science has been applied to arson investigation,” says John Lentini , a renowned fire expert who has given exculpa...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

HOUSTON CRIME LAB: MOBILE ALCOHOL TESTING SCANDAL; GRAND JURY FLEXES MUSCLES; DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS NOT AMUSED; HOUSTON CHRONICLE.

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An appellate court ruled on Thursday that the grand jury can continue to exclude prosecutors from listening to witnesses testify in secr...