The Week 79 Forensic Science Geek of the Week is Announced

The Week 79 Forensic Science Geek of the Week is Announced

The Forensic Science Geek of the Week Please visit the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com FaceBook fan page. The week 79 “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek of the Week” honors goes to: Kevin Feeney, Esquire According to our Geek’s website, the following is offered: Kevin Feeney has been aggressively defending people charged with crimes since 1991. He received his Bachelor […]

The Week 91 Forensic Science Geek of the Week is Announced

The Week 91 Forensic Science Geek of the Week is Announced

The Forensic Science Geek of the Week Please visit the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com FaceBook fan page. The week 91 “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek of the Week” honors goes to: Chuck Ramsay, Esquire According to our Geek’s website, the following is offered: Chuck Ramsay has practiced Criminal Defense since 1995 and gained acquittals in nearly every type of […]

Guest Blog Post From Dr. Frederic Whitehurst PhD JD: Issues in Explosive Residue Analysis

Guest Blog Post From Dr. Frederic Whitehurst PhD JD: Issues in Explosive Residue Analysis

Issues in Explosives Residue Analysis A Primer for the Bar Frederic Whitehurst, Ph.D.[1] [Editors Note: This is a multi-part series deigned to educate the defense bar on important issues concerning explosive and explosive residue investigations] Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Back to the Basics: Was it the result of an explosive device in the first […]

Even more on synthetic cannibnoids and synthetic cathinones

Even more on synthetic cannibnoids and synthetic cathinones

The unfortunate grandfather of the modern day push for synthetic cathinones products in the United States all started with legitimate scientific research and publishing by Dr. David E. Nichols, PhD of Purdue University in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology. In the top tier publication Nature, he has lamented his legacy in “Legal highs: […]

The Week 91 Forensic Science Geek of the Week Challenge

The Week 91 Forensic Science Geek of the Week Challenge

Our good friend, Ron Moore, Esquire writes us “I actually had a client researching lawyers who looked at the Truth About Forensic Science geek of the week posts and liked my answers. It made a difference in who he decided to hire. Thanks!” So, there is a lot of value in www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek […]

Innocence! Forensic Science, Chemistry and the Law features the Innocence Project and Wrongful Convictions at the 244th ACS National Meeting on August 20, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA

Innocence! Forensic Science, Chemistry and the Law features the Innocence Project and Wrongful Convictions at the 244th ACS National Meeting on August 20, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA

The American Chemical Society’s Chemistry and the Law Division and its Forensic Science Co-Chairmen, Justin McShane, Esq. of Harrisburg, PA and Josh D. Lee, Esq. of Vinita, OK, are proud to announce a full-day presentation on the work of the Innocence Project.  Forensic Science can play a tragic role in the convicting and wrongful imprisonment […]

The Week 90 Forensic Science Geek of the Week is Announced

The Week 90 Forensic Science Geek of the Week is Announced

The Forensic Science Geek of the Week Please visit the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com FaceBook fan page. The week 90 “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek of the Week” honors goes to: Joseph Rome, Esquire According to our Geek’s website, the following is offered: Criminal defense attorney, Joseph C. Rome completed his undergraduate education at Washington State University, earning a […]

The Week 90 Forensic Science Geek of the Week Challenge

The Week 90 Forensic Science Geek of the Week Challenge

Our good friend, Ron Moore, Esquire writes us “I actually had a client researching lawyers who looked at the Truth About Forensic Science geek of the week posts and liked my answers. It made a difference in who he decided to hire. Thanks!” So, there is a lot of value in www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Forensic Science Geek […]

Guest Blog Post From Dr. Frederic Whitehurst PhD JD: Cry Foul. Cry Foul. The Statistician Approaches

Guest Blog Post From Dr. Frederic Whitehurst PhD JD: Cry Foul. Cry Foul. The Statistician Approaches

Cry Foul. Cry Foul. The Statistician Approaches-An Original Poem by Dr. Frederic Whitehurst By:  Frederic Whitehurst, J.D., Ph.D. [1] Cry Foul, Cry Foul The Statistician Approaches Young maidens lift not your eyes To gaze upon the Gaussian Wizard Lest your notions of the perfections of God’s universe Be dashed upon the rocks of the Realization […]

Why per se Driving Under the Influence of Drug Based Prosecution is Not Scientific and How Probation Violations for Marijuana Use May Be Wrong

Why per se Driving Under the Influence of Drug Based Prosecution is Not Scientific and How Probation Violations for Marijuana Use May Be Wrong

I cannot imagine that a single rational and sane person cares for drug impaired drivers to be on the road among us driving what amounts to a guided missile weighing about 3,000 to 5,500 pounds or more. As has been shown time and again, a drug intoxicated driver can be a weapon of mass destruction. […]