PASSAGE ONE OF THE DAY: "In the New York case, a judge barred authorities from introducing Cybercheck evidence last year after having found that prosecutors hadn’t shown that it was reliable or well-accepted, the decision shows. In another ruling last year, an Ohio judge blocked a Cybercheck analysis when Mosher refused to disclose the software’s methodology. “We’re being asked to trust a company to present evidence that could eventually put people in prison,” said William Budington, a senior staff technologist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil liberties group. “That goes ..read more

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "After being questioned by Dr. Knox, the Sullivans had all three of their children removed from their custody. “They came and literally stripped poor Amelia out of my wife's arms while she was breastfeeding her and took our children from us and had us physically removed from the hospital by security,” Corey Sullivan said. “The fact that you can take your children to the hospital and/or the doctor as a concerned parent and it unravels so quickly, and they not look into what's wrong with your children and immediately just speculate non-accidental traumas,” Diana Sulliv ..read more

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Candy Zuleger, the forensics expert from Florida who gave evidence for the prosecution at Julian Washington’s trial, was given a contract worth almost $1 million in 2009 by the Bermuda Police Service to set up a DNA database. She said the money would be used to purchase the hardware and software needed to create the database, as well as compile statistics on Bermuda's general population to use for analysis, and pay for the first three years of profiling work. She appears to have last given evidence here as an expert prosecution witness in 2016 ..read more

STORY: "Bail hearing scheduled in Saskatoon court for Nerissa Quewezance,  by Reporter Lisa Joy, published by   SaskToday, on May 3, 2024…"On April 13, Nerissa Quewezance was arrested in Saskatoon for allegedly breaching her bail conditions. In March 2023, Nerissa and Odelia Quewezance were granted bail by a Yorkton Court of King’s Bench judge pending the federal Justice Department review of their 1994 second-degree murder convictions. A  male youth confessed to the 1993 murder of Kamsack-area farmer Anthony Joseph Dolff. The young offender, who testified that he comm ..read more

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "To get an expert’s evaluation of the Kent computer image and a lesson in what really goes into an effective drawing of a suspect, I called up Carrie Stuart Parks, an FBI-trained forensic sketch artist with decades of experience who now runs the Idaho-based Stuart Parks Forensic Associates firm with her husband, which she described to me as “the largest instructor of forensic art in the world.” Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity." ———————————————————————————— PASSAGE TWO OF THE DAY: "Right now there’s nothing that any computer system can ..read more

BACKGROUND: UK DEATH PENALTY PROJECT PRESS RELEASE:  (May 3, 2024):Systemic failures in DNA testing leads to release of Bermudan man wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for more than 10 years: "In a rare act, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the highest court in Bermuda, ordered the immediate release of Julian Washington on bail. A final order will follow quashing his conviction, on the basis of fresh evidence undermining the safety of his original conviction for murder over 10 years ago. The appeal, originally listed to be heard in June 2024, was abruptly halted after ..read more

PASSAGE ONE OF THE DAY: "I think he's an innocent man." Dr Steinfort assessed Farquharson before his first trial and said he remained convinced the fatal crash was an accident, caused by a cough-induced fainting condition known as cough syncope – a diagnosis the juries rejected. Dr Chris Steinfort is a respiratory physician and treated Robert Farquharson before his first trial.(ABC News: Daniel Fermer). "I said to him, 'What happened?' And he basically said, 'Well, I really don't know what happened'," Dr Steinfort recalled. "That made me think there may well be something in thi ..read more

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "He was nearly executed in 2016, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay, and told an Anderson County judge to reevaluate the science in the case. New medical experts rejected the earlier diagnoses, linking Nikki’s death instead to her chronic infections, as well as a form of apnea that would cause her to collapse and turn blue. She’d been prescribed codeine, which can cause breathing difficulties in children. According to the new experts, it was common in 2003 to see the toddler’s injuries as evidence of “shaken baby syndrome,” but this diagnosis had s ..read more

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "McGee's Ramsey County case history, dating back four decades, is under review by County Attorney John Choi's office and the Minnesota Attorney General's Office. "Given Dr. McGee's documented history of providing inaccurate testimony in court, we agree with both the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General and the Ramsey County Attorney's Office that convictions based largely on his testimony deserve scrutiny," Great Northern Innocence Project attorney James Mayer told the Star Tribune this week. A hearing on the request to unseal the records is scheduled for Ma ..read more

———————————————————————————————— FREE  TASHA SELBY: https://freetashashelby.com/articles/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STORY: "Atlanta News First Investigates honored with Southeast Emmy nominations," by Reporter Tim Darnell, published by Atlantic News First,  on April 30, 2024.  https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/04/30/atlanta-news-first-investigates-receives-several-southeast-emmy-nominations/ ————————————————————————————— , THE NOMINATED STORY: ""Flawed forensics: Medical examiner changes homici ..read more