Validity, Overclaiming, and Error: More on Willie Manning's Exoneration

Yesterday I questioned reliance on the exoneration of Willie Manning as a case in which hair evidence was severely undermined, prompting hi...

Justice Breyer in Glossip v. Gross on "flawed testimony from an FBI hair examiner"

Justice Stephen Breyer recently proposed that the Supreme Court reconsider the constitutionality of the death penalty. One of his concerns i...

In His Own Words: Justice Scalia's Poetry Slam

In discussing the exchange in Glossip v. Gross between Justices Breyer and Scalia on the deterrent effect of capital punishment, I alluded ...

Two Scientific Issues in Glossip v. Gross

In Glossip v. Gross , the Supreme Court narrowly upheld a district court's refusal to issue a preliminary injunction against a three-dru...

DNA Evidence Causes Wrongful Convictions 15% of the Time!?

Today's Forensic Magazine reports that Recent estimates indicate that as many as 15 of every 100 incarcerated offenders where DNA was ...

Peering into Peer Review

After the Supreme Court, in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals , listed publication in peer reviewed scientific journals as an important...

Frontline's Expose of DNA Testing: Yes and No

The content of a recent Frontline story on “ The Surprisingly Imperfect Science of DNA Testing: How a Proven Tool May Be Anything But ” will...