Tag Archives: crime scene
Supreme Court gives with one hand and denies with the other.
This past week saw two nearly diametrically opposed decisions eminate fom the United States Supreme Court: District Attorney’s Office v. Osborne and Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts. The two cases provide a fascinating look into the thinking of the High Court. One … Continue reading
Posted in Case Updates, DNA Science
Tagged constitutional rights, crime scene, DNA, Exoneration, judicial opinion
Identification of the actual culprit jumps 40% when proper photo array procedures are followed
A news team in Pittsburgh decided to test how well witnesses to a crime can identify an unknown culprit. After staging a crime (where another student stole a laptop from in front of the classroom), the students were put in … Continue reading
Posted in Witness Identifications
Tagged crime scene, eyewitnesses, system reform
Case Update: Commonwealth v. Anthony Wright
This morning the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a very important question of Pennsylvania law relating to post-conviction DNA testing requests. Continue reading
