Monday, June 30, 2014

Cellphone Technology; Junk science? Lisa Roberts. Oregon; The science behind police use of cellphone records to place suspects near crime scenes is coming under increasing attack in the courts, the Washington Post reports. (Must Read. HL);

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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Shaken baby Syndrome: Sue Luttner's of "On SBS" on how "The challenge ahead is how to unravel three decades of questionable convictions, and how to restructure child protection policies to stop the bulldozer.” (A very insightful perspective that is aptly entitled: "Shaken baby syndrome: Inadequate logic, unvalidated thoery, insufficient science." Must Read. HL);

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The System; Excellent Al Jazeera series on America's criminal justice system: Sunday July 29, 2014: Part 7: "Geography of Punishment."

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Saturday, June 28, 2014

Bulletin: Billy Wayne Cope: South Carolina; Defence takes comfort from Supreme Court demand for records from 2001 rape, murder. Cope denies even knowing the man convicted as his co-accused. Cope's lawyers say he was coerced into falsely confessing after he was subjected to a false polygraph test. The State;

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Friday, June 27, 2014

Bulletin: Alan Dale Smith: The Toronto Star reports that all of the evidence gathered in this "Mr. Big" sting case involving the dumping of a fake body has been ruled inadmissible. Judge Bruce Glass ruled that: "The officers in effect pushed the envelope with the use of a corpse to shake loose admissions from (Smith).”

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Bulletin: Paul Hildwin: 54; New York Daily News reports that this death row inmate's conviction has been overturned after 28 years behind bars thanks to DNA evidence. The State of Florida fought against DNA matching for 7 years. Florida is reported to have exonerated 24 inmates on death row, the highest reversal rate in the USA.

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Bulletin: Former forensic psychiatrist loses appeal of five year term for sexual assault on patients. He is now attempting to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada; Calgary Sun;

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