Thursday, March 27, 2014

Bulletin; David Eastman; Australia; Inquiry; The gunshot residue specialist whose testimony played a critical role in Eastman's conviction for the murder of a senior police officer has admitted that he "misled' the original inquest. Reporter Elizabeth Byrne. ABC News.

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 STORY: "Eastman Inquiry: Forensic scientist in Winchester case admits he 'misled' original inquest," by reporter Elizab...

Bulletin: Japan: Iwao Hakamada: (Read this and weep: HL); Sentenced to death in 1966, a Japanese court frees him after finding that DNA analysis obtained by his lawyers suggests police had fabricated evidence; Associated Press;

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STORY: "World's longest-serving death inmate freed over evidence doubts,"  by reporter Mari Yamaguchi, publishe...

Tommy Zeigler; Private investigator Lynn-Marie Carty hopes that withheld evidence will secure his release from death row - 39 years after the murders which put him there took place. Tampa BayTimes.

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STORY: "Local investigator hopes withheld evidence will help death row inmate," by reporter Leonora LaPeter Anton, published by ...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Rennie Gibbs; Radley Balko on yet another Mississippi outrage - and the role played by an expert witness "who has shown that he’s willing to give preposterous testimony that is unsupported by science" - medical examiner Steven Hayne.

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COMMENTARY: "Another Mississippi outrage: Young mother faces life in prison for stillborn child," by Radley Balko, published  on ...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

David Eastman: Canberra Times reports that the Inquiry is about to move into "secret session" in which he and his legal team are not allowed to be represented. (Que c'est curieux! HL);

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STORY: "Inquiry into David Eastman' conviction for Colin Winchester's murder is winding up," by Jack Waterford, Edito...

Rennie Gibbs: Mississippi: Erica King describes a case that is "tremendously, tremendously frightening," "real fear for young women whose babies are dying early who [lack the resources to] defend themselves and their actions," and her concern that, "the Mississippi court system will undeniably attempt to convict Gibbs on evidence that has no scientific proof." Americans Against The Tea Party.

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COMMENTARY: "Mississippi Woman Unjustly Tried For Murder of Stillborn," by Erica King, published byAmericans against the Tea Part...

David Eastman: Inquiry; Forensic scientist Robert Barnes, has "deflected blame" over failures to keep track of crucial gunshot residue used to link Eastman to the scene of the Assistant Federal Police Commissioner's murder - and has testified that he was too senior for peer-review to apply to his work. Reporter Christopher Knaus; The Canberra Times.

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STORY: "Forensic scientist deflects blame over David Eastman evidence," by reporter Christopher Knaus, published by the Canberra ...