Ninth Circuit Upholds Indefinite Retention of DNA Samples: The Dissent’s Perception of the Loss of Privacy in Kriesel III

Reading the dissent in the latest round of United States v. Kriesel , one would think that the Fourth Amendment is no more.  “No other case,...

Ninth Circuit Upholds Indefinite Retention of DNA Samples: The Majority Opinion in Kriesel III

Thomas Kriesel wants his blood back. The federal government forced him to give a sample for the FBI’s national DNA databank while he was on ...

Results of the 4cast Awards Nominations

As previously announced, I was nominated for 'Digital Forensics Examiner of the Year' at the Forensics 4cast Awards . The awards cer...

Interview on the Healthy Paranoia podcast

I was recently interviewed on the Healthy Paranoia podcast about memory forensics during DFIR as well as other related topics. It was a real...

Activity vs. Source Level Propositions: It Looks like Raffaele Sollecito's DNA Was on the Bra Clasp, But How Did It Get There?

Was Italian Judge Claudio Pratillo Hellman's refusal to order more DNA testing of a knife in the Knox-Sollecito case "bad judicial ...

People v. Pizarro: Round Three Coming Up

In The Double Helix and the Law of Evidence , I wrote about the legal saga of twice-convicted Michael Antonio Pizzaro. I thought the case wa...

“Disturbing” and “Ridiculous” Expertise in State v. Zimmerman

Spectrographic speaker identification has had a troubled history. The pattern is familiar: early, enthusiastic claims; skepticism from a few...