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What if not all drownings are accidental? An ABC article asks this question and raises some interesting points about how investigators deal with bodies found on land and those found in water. “Bodies found in water are treated very differently from bodies found on land, for example there is not a county in this country (read more)
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You may or may not have seen 3rd Degree’s programme last night about the case of Teina Pora, a south Auckland boy imprisoned in 1994 for rape and murder, the former that DNA testing shows he did not commit and, after a retrial in 2000, for murder based on confessions. There has been comment about (read more)
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A short blog post, this one. The US Department of Justice is setting up a commission that will establish standards, a professional code and educational requirements for forensic scientists. Presumably this would mean that a Bachelors degree in forensic science and European film won’t make the muster (a degree which has apparently been offered in (read more)
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Recently I have been looking for a specialist medical expert to review a criminal case in which we have been instructed. Specifically, an independent dermatologist (preferably someone with a paediatric speciality). Actually, I’ve been looking for five months. Five months! Usually we do it in 5 days, at the outside!! In fact, much as I (read more)
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An article in the paper at the weekend indicated that I am launching a charity this year. Just to clarify, this is not exactly the case. What I have discussed with some senior academics and criminal legal system colleagues is possibly establishing an organisation that may consider, amongst other legal issues, potential miscarriage of justice (read more)
