Crime Labs
Problems in San Diego crime lab come to light in audits and internal documents
Report probing DC crime lab’s missteps coming soon — and it will be public, official says
Suspensions and a reprimand proposed for prosecutors admonished in drug lab scandal
Early review finds 900+ cases where debunked science was used by prosecutors
DC abruptly disbands crime lab’s firearms unit
Forensic Testimony Distorted by ‘Implicit’ Racial Bias: Paper
New Online CLE based on Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws of Forensics
This is a re-post from UNC School of Government North Carolina Criminal Law blog. The original post appears here. A new book by Brandon Garrett is a deep dive into the misuse of forensic evidence in criminal courtrooms. To borrow from its description, Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws of Forensics “is the first book …
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Forensic Lab Contamination in WA Puts Cases in Jeopardy
Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics
Recorded webinar available for CLE credit
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More meth, cocaine contamination found at Washington state toxicology lab
Auditor to review DC crime lab’s compliance with 2011 law creating independent forensic agency
What’s Wrong with Forensic Science? Everything, Says Paper
The effect of contextual information on decision-making in forensic toxicology
This recent study by Dr. Hilary J. Hamnett and Dr. Itiel E. Dror looked into the possible effects of contextual case information in forensic toxicology testing. Two experiments were conducted in this study. The first focused on the interpretation of immunoassay screening data and the error rates of the participants’ conclusions. The participants were asked …
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