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Forensic Roundup

I wanted to point out several stories this morning related to topics in forensic science that deserve Grits readers' attention:Response published to crime lab criticismsThe organization Crime Lab Report published this week a rebuttal to critics ("The Wrongful Conviction of Forensic Science," pdf) of crime lab errors, re-analyzing data on DNA exonerations first crunched by the Innocence Project in NYC. (Conflict alert: I'm a paid policy consultant for the Innocence Project of Texas.) Some interesting data here, but also some paranoid speculation (e.g., they think the Innocence Project directs when and what stories are published in the New York Times!) and more than a little defensive posturing. For instance, their top finding was that "Of the 32 instances of forensic science malpractice shown above, only 1 was found to have occurred in an accredited laboratory...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 17, 2008 (boomark / email).