Some criminal investigators are now mining DNA data collected through genealogy websites to solve criminal cold cases. This article states that Darold Wayne Bowden was arrested for a series of rapes that happened over a decade ago. Agencies are sending unknown DNA samples to a company based out of Virginia, the samples are then entered […]
Forensic DNA Consultant – LSP Crime lab
http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/crime_police/article_0dd1fd72-1b0c-11e7-829a-1be06412d0c8.html There is a gross underestimate by criminal justice professionals of the impact on citizens when they are named as suspects. A person can be named a suspect and essentially have much of their life ruined, completely devoid of any due process. The legislature must consider enacting laws to limit the release of information related […]
Voodoo Science
I have spent the better part of the past 5 years studying and increasing my knowledge in the forensic sciences. This report is an honest and eye-opening look at the serious problems with the use of forensics science to convict innocent people in our courts. This is not a conjecture, but rather a real life […]