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West Virginia University College of Law is hosting a symposium on Flawed Forensics & Innocence on March 3-4, 2016.  Scholars, journalists, and practitioners will be discussing the challenges of using forensic evidence in the courtroom; Radley Balko of the Washington Post… Continue Reading →

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management now admits hackers didn’t take only personal information of 5.6 million present and previous federal employees – they took the fingerprints.  What implications will this have?  Read more here.

Interesting article after the $79 Million in grants to DNA test backlogged kits – what else is preventing those kits from being tested?  Jessica Valenti opines that the dearth of testing is also due to myths about rape, victim-blaming, and a… Continue Reading →

Radley Balko continues his excellent coverage of forensic odontology, or bite-mark evidence, this time examining a Seventh Circuit decision granting qualified immunity to bite-mark experts whose testimony led to a wrongful conviction.  Not just any wrongful conviction, but that of… Continue Reading →

Dr. Itiel Dror is a leader in identifying cognitive bias in forensic analysis. Now, through his research, cognitive bias is becoming more apparent in DNA testing as well. Without blind testing, partial DNA profiles may become a “match” to a suspect even when… Continue Reading →