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3 Jul 2019, 12:41 pm by Betty Lupinacci
My older sister followed in his footsteps in her pursuit of science and attended MIT and GW for microbiology and forensic science. [read post]
3 Jul 2019, 7:57 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
” The legalization has thrown a wrench into the prosecution of marijuana offenses as now the State will have to prove the percentage of THC: “Inside the Houston Forensic Science Center, where technicians test marijuana every week, scientists look at the plant under a microscope to detect small hairs unique to the Cannabis Sativa plant. [read post]
22 Jan 2019, 3:00 am by Tinker Ready
Problems with forensics at the FBI crime lab continue, 25 years after a whistleblower flagged the agency for sloppy science, according to a story from independent news source ProPublica. [read post]
22 Jan 2019, 2:30 am by Tinker Ready
Department of Justice no longer allows technicians and scientists from the FBI and other agencies to make such unequivocal statements, according to new testimony guidelines released last year. [read post]
26 Sep 2018, 10:37 am by Jon Katz
Virginia DWI attorney on the need for gathering and using essential data once hired for a DUI case Here as with all my Virginia DUI cases involving BAC testing, I obtained the historical alcohol testing data (here is an example) involving my client and involving the Intox EC/IR II machine on which he was tested, both by sending a document request to the Virginia Department of Forensic Science (DFS) and obtaining DFS data online about the same. [read post]
6 Aug 2018, 7:52 am by [email protected]
Many of the forensic analysis techniques used to secure convictions in the 1980s and 1990s have been debunked as ‘junk science. [read post]
6 Aug 2018, 7:52 am by [email protected]
Many of the forensic analysis techniques used to secure convictions in the 1980s and 1990s have been debunked as ‘junk science. [read post]
15 Apr 2017, 5:04 am by SHG
It was post about “forensic science. [read post]
8 Mar 2017, 12:22 pm by Shea Denning
. __, 776 S.E.2d 249 (2015), held that a field technician for the Forensic Tests for Alcohol branch of DHHS (FTA), who was trained as a law enforcement officer, was properly allowed to testify about a retrograde extrapolation he performed using an FTA form, notwithstanding his inability to explain the basis for his calculations. [read post]
8 Mar 2017, 12:22 pm by Shea Denning
. __, 776 S.E.2d 249 (2015), held that a field technician for the Forensic Tests for Alcohol branch of DHHS (FTA), who was trained as a law enforcement officer, was properly allowed to testify about a retrograde extrapolation he performed using an FTA form, notwithstanding his inability to explain the basis for his calculations. [read post]
22 Jan 2017, 4:13 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
A few odds and ends which merit Grits readers' attention:The Texas Senate zeroed out the budget for the Forensic Science Commission, despite that agency having been charged with licensing all forensic technicians by 2019. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 2:28 pm by familoo
The use of hair testing in family courts is a well-established science in use across the UK in thousands of family law and child care cases annually. [read post]
1 Sep 2016, 9:00 am by Mitra Sharafi
Spellbinding cases illustrate the development of modern techniques of English forensic science and the waning authority of the English forensic pathologist. [read post]
29 Aug 2016, 9:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Her story opened:Houston's acting Police Chief Martha Montalvo, with the support of the powerful Houston Police Officers Union, has made a behind-closed-doors bid to take back control over the troubled Crime Scene Unit from the city's independent forensic science lab. [read post]
11 Aug 2016, 9:43 am by Lawrence Taylor
Kansas statutes require offenders ‘‘to pay a separate court cost of $400 for every individual offense if forensic science or laboratory services or forensic computer examination services are provided in connection with the investigation. [read post]
11 Jul 2016, 8:39 pm by Jon Katz
– In successfully arguing to keep out evidence of the breath test result, I pointed out to the judge that the breath test paperwork from Virginia’s Department of Forensic Science asserted that the breath testing started at 2:-8:08 p.m. after my client would have arrived at the breath testing room at 7:30 a.m. [read post]
22 May 2016, 11:13 pm by Jeff Gamso
Nearly all of what passes for forensic science is bullshit.Fingerprints? [read post]
17 Dec 2015, 4:30 am by SHG
Forensic science reform is finally here. [read post]