SWGFAST on "a decision to reach a conclusion" of individualization for latent fingerprints

Before SWGFAST (the Scientific Working Group on Friction Ridge Analysis, Study, and Technology) dissolved to make way for OSAC (the Organiza...

BIT Global Group's Next Flaky Forensics Conference

BIT Global Group is notable for the scope and intensity of its spam promoting what appear to be parodies of academic or professional confere...

False Justice and Prosecutors' Fallacies

False Justice , by Jim and Nancy Petro, is an engaging, first-person tale of a former Ohio Attorney General's involvement in correcting ...

The Department of Justice's Plan for a Forensic Science Discipline Review

On March 21, the Department of Justice announced to the National Commission on Forensic Science that it will be expanding its review of fore...

Sample Evidence: What’s Wrong with ASTM E2548-11 Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs?

Samuel Johnson once observed that “You don't have to eat the whole ox to know that it is tough.” Or maybe he didn't say this, 1 / bu...

NIST Distances Itself from the First OSAC-approved Forensic Science Standard

On January 11, 2016, a group created by the federal government to develop better standards for forensic science approved -- without changing...

Hot Paint: Another ASTM Standard (E2937-13) that Needs More Work

A second standard for comparing samples of paint under review for the OSAC Registry is ASTM E2937-13, on "Infrared Spectroscopy in For...