HW:
Crime case trial exhibits are often released online, such as the Delphi Murders, the Alex Murdaugh Trial, BTK Killer case, etc. The releases can prompt news, documentaries and other media.
Q: Can you think of examples?
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HW:
Crime case trial exhibits are often released online, such as the Delphi Murders, the Alex Murdaugh Trial, BTK Killer case, etc. The releases can prompt news, documentaries and other media.
Q: Can you think of examples?
tinyurl.com/4fcetsm3
tinyurl.com/3e3n3bmh
tinyurl.com/yck6huwd
Some of the old stories are the best ones. Worth revisiting them occasionally to see if you spot anything new.
Hard to believe this one was 10 years ago! Another favorite “Christmas” movie, if only by timing and nostalgia.
youtu.be/sGbxmsDFVnE?...
Some of the old stories are the best ones. Worth revisiting them occasionally to see if you spot anything new.
Hard to believe this one was 10 years ago! Another favorite “Christmas” movie, if only by timing and nostalgia.
youtu.be/sGbxmsDFVnE?...
More “evidence” that Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
Pulling for some Christmas miracles!
More “evidence” that Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
Pulling for some Christmas miracles!
Innocence Project, Inc. is a nonprofit org that works to exonerate the wrongly convicted by DNA testing and other methods.
Q: The IP estimates ____ of all US prisoners are innocent.
A) 0.5-1%
B) 0.02-2%
C) 1-2%
D) 1-10%
tinyurl.com/ypj9975x
tinyurl.com/ybrp87j9
tinyurl.com/22kcf47k
Innocence Project, Inc. is a nonprofit org that works to exonerate the wrongly convicted by DNA testing and other methods.
Q: The IP estimates ____ of all US prisoners are innocent.
A) 0.5-1%
B) 0.02-2%
C) 1-2%
D) 1-10%
tinyurl.com/ypj9975x
tinyurl.com/ybrp87j9
tinyurl.com/22kcf47k
A 2009 National Academy of Sciences report states many forensic science tests are inadequately validated.
Q:Which techniques have been called into question?
A) bite mark analysis
B) hair comparison
C) DNA mixtures
D) EDTA in blood stains
E) All of the above
youtube.com/shorts/pVHJa...
A 2009 National Academy of Sciences report states many forensic science tests are inadequately validated.
Q:Which techniques have been called into question?
A) bite mark analysis
B) hair comparison
C) DNA mixtures
D) EDTA in blood stains
E) All of the above
youtube.com/shorts/pVHJa...
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blog.ucs.org/guest-commen...
In the landmark ‘93 Daubert case, Blackmun wrote "a known technique which has been able to attract only minimal support within the community' may properly be viewed with skepticism".
Q: Should we be skeptical of lab test that was only used once?
tinyurl.com/bdhybz4d
tinyurl.com/35j76aja
In the landmark ‘93 Daubert case, Blackmun wrote "a known technique which has been able to attract only minimal support within the community' may properly be viewed with skepticism".
Q: Should we be skeptical of lab test that was only used once?
tinyurl.com/bdhybz4d
tinyurl.com/35j76aja
HW:
In 1992 a panel convened by the National Academy of Sciences released a report that defined misconduct in science as “fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism…”
Q: Would backdating research documents or SOPs be examples of scientific misconduct?
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HW:
In 1992 a panel convened by the National Academy of Sciences released a report that defined misconduct in science as “fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism…”
Q: Would backdating research documents or SOPs be examples of scientific misconduct?
tinyurl.com/rd58nx93
tinyurl.com/52w7dwf9
HW:
The WPEA was signed into law by President Obama on 11/27/2012. The law strengthens the protections for federal employees who disclose evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse.
Q: Can NDAs lawfully impede such disclosures?
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
youtu.be/RFQRM1B2AKA?...
HW:
The WPEA was signed into law by President Obama on 11/27/2012. The law strengthens the protections for federal employees who disclose evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse.
Q: Can NDAs lawfully impede such disclosures?
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
youtu.be/RFQRM1B2AKA?...
HW:
The main purpose of FOIA is to ensure an informed citizenry and provide a check against corruption by holding the government accountable.
Q: The Supreme Court has emphasized FOIA applies to official information shedding light on an agency’s _______?).
www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-h...
HW:
The main purpose of FOIA is to ensure an informed citizenry and provide a check against corruption by holding the government accountable.
Q: The Supreme Court has emphasized FOIA applies to official information shedding light on an agency’s _______?).
www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-h...
youtu.be/eNu3dX3oQQU?...
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale
But here you are in the ninth
Two men out and three men on
Nowhere to look but inside
Where we all respond to
Pressure
youtu.be/eNu3dX3oQQU?...
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale
But here you are in the ninth
Two men out and three men on
Nowhere to look but inside
Where we all respond to
Pressure
HW:
When standard operating procedures (SOPs) are not followed it introduces variability and error into experiments, compromises validity, undermining the reliability, leading to flawed conclusions.
Q: what examples can you think of?
youtu.be/cddeijHpKvg?...
youtube.com/shorts/7sF7d...
HW:
When standard operating procedures (SOPs) are not followed it introduces variability and error into experiments, compromises validity, undermining the reliability, leading to flawed conclusions.
Q: what examples can you think of?
youtu.be/cddeijHpKvg?...
youtube.com/shorts/7sF7d...
Homework:
Q: What is Cressy’s Triangle and can it also apply to scientific work? Are there examples?
youtu.be/upjm4Df5wRA?...
www.chromatographyonline.com/view/able-la...
www.chromatographyonline.com/view/ingenio...
Homework:
Q: What is Cressy’s Triangle and can it also apply to scientific work? Are there examples?
youtu.be/upjm4Df5wRA?...
www.chromatographyonline.com/view/able-la...
www.chromatographyonline.com/view/ingenio...
HW:
Discovery is the pre-trial process where the prosecution and defense exchange evidence/information planned to use at trial, aiming to ensure fairness,etc.
Q: What is the impact if the state does not turn over all materials to the defense?
youtube.com/shorts/yTOMW...
tinyurl.com/589kext8
HW:
Discovery is the pre-trial process where the prosecution and defense exchange evidence/information planned to use at trial, aiming to ensure fairness,etc.
Q: What is the impact if the state does not turn over all materials to the defense?
youtube.com/shorts/yTOMW...
tinyurl.com/589kext8
HW:
An internal standard (IS) in chemistry is a specific compound added to samples to help correct for loss of analytes during sample prep and testing.
Q: What is the impact if a procedure does not reliably recover the IS?
youtu.be/6aK2CKrdjbE?...
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
HW:
An internal standard (IS) in chemistry is a specific compound added to samples to help correct for loss of analytes during sample prep and testing.
Q: What is the impact if a procedure does not reliably recover the IS?
youtu.be/6aK2CKrdjbE?...
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
HW:
Mass spectrometry is considered a “gold standard” technique to identify chemicals; reliable “ion ratios” are critical to conclusive identification.
Q: What if a lab never evaluates ion ratios (or the ratios fail?)
youtube.com/shorts/u9W2h...
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
HW:
Mass spectrometry is considered a “gold standard” technique to identify chemicals; reliable “ion ratios” are critical to conclusive identification.
Q: What if a lab never evaluates ion ratios (or the ratios fail?)
youtube.com/shorts/u9W2h...
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
Homework:
Q: In subsequently exonerated convictions, what percentage of cases were found to have invalid expert testimony at trial—that is, testimony with conclusions misstating empirical data or wholly unsupported by empirical data?
youtu.be/b-AqqPtVSgU?...
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Deliver...
Homework:
Q: In subsequently exonerated convictions, what percentage of cases were found to have invalid expert testimony at trial—that is, testimony with conclusions misstating empirical data or wholly unsupported by empirical data?
youtu.be/b-AqqPtVSgU?...
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Deliver...
Homework:
The Brady Rule requires prosecutors to turn over exculpatory evidence to the defense, even if not asked for, because withholding violates due process/fair trial.
Q: What type of case is most often Brady violated?
youtu.be/lLiNE2_wjB4?...
scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Homework:
The Brady Rule requires prosecutors to turn over exculpatory evidence to the defense, even if not asked for, because withholding violates due process/fair trial.
Q: What type of case is most often Brady violated?
youtu.be/lLiNE2_wjB4?...
scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Homework:
Q: What training requirements are in place for accredited labs? What is competency testing? What are the potential impacts when analysts use instruments they are not familiar with nor properly competency tested on?
youtu.be/XsiiIa6bs9I?...
www.justice.gov/ncfs/file/79...
Homework:
Q: What training requirements are in place for accredited labs? What is competency testing? What are the potential impacts when analysts use instruments they are not familiar with nor properly competency tested on?
youtu.be/XsiiIa6bs9I?...
www.justice.gov/ncfs/file/79...
HW!:
A professional code of ethics is a framework of principles guiding conduct in a specific field, ensuring honesty, integrity, competence, and protecting public trust by setting standards.
Q: what is the impact when standards are not followed?
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HW!:
A professional code of ethics is a framework of principles guiding conduct in a specific field, ensuring honesty, integrity, competence, and protecting public trust by setting standards.
Q: what is the impact when standards are not followed?
justicespeakersinstitute.com/wp-content/u...
Tonight’s homework:
In chemistry, solubility is the relative ability of a solute to dissolve into a solvent.
If an SOP requires dissolving a solute, and that substance is only soluble at pH 8 or higher, is pure deionized water an appropriate solvent to use?
youtube.com/shorts/6So-P...
Tonight’s homework:
In chemistry, solubility is the relative ability of a solute to dissolve into a solvent.
If an SOP requires dissolving a solute, and that substance is only soluble at pH 8 or higher, is pure deionized water an appropriate solvent to use?
youtube.com/shorts/6So-P...