Sometimes in life things just work out to be way beyond funny…. Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. markets a product they call “Secure Continuous Alcohol Monitoring” (SCRAM and SCRAMx) devices. It is perhaps best known as the Lindsay Lohan court-ordered fashion accessory. Well, it seems that SCRAM has an accessory of its own that could get […]
Supreme Court of the United States cases that we are watching that involve forensic science
I know it is Friday and usually we here at www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com do not post, but with the United States Supreme Court in session, I thought it might be worth looking at this term’s cases that impact forensic science. Thanks to one of my favorite blogs the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) blog, we […]
Lecture on Analytical Chemistry in BAC testing Part 13
The above is Part Thirteen from a lecture given by Attorney Justin J. McShane before the North Carolina Advocates for Justice “Advanced DWI Seminar”. This seminar happened on February 26, 2010. It was organized and hosted by John K. Fanney, Esquire of Fanney & Jackson, P.C. The following is a transcript of this video: In […]
Excercise of Discretion: Sampling versus Sample Selection
One of the most shocking aspects of forensic science to me as I am not a scientist is the amount of discretion and choice that is exercised by the forensic analyst. One of these areas is the difference between sampling and sample selection. A good analogy to use is to suppose that you are tasked […]
Lecture on Analytical Chemistry in BAC testing Part 12
The above is Part Twelve from a lecture given by Attorney Justin J. McShane before the North Carolina Advocates for Justice “Advanced DWI Seminar”. This seminar happened on February 26, 2010. It was organized and hosted by John K. Fanney, Esquire of Fanney & Jackson, P.C. The following is a transcript of this video: You […]
Metrology in Quantitative Measure: Is it Specific or Selective or Neither…
As I have blogged before every assay has its limitations. There is no such thing as a perfect test. I have blogged before on metrology and Uncertainty Measurement (UM). Even the mighty International Standard, ISO 17025, in Section 5.4.6 only applies the concept of UM to the quantitative measure and to the quantitative measure alone. […]
Lecture on Analytical Chemistry in BAC testing Part 10
The above is Part Ten from a lecture given by Attorney Justin J. McShane before the North Carolina Advocates for Justice “Advanced DWI Seminar”. This seminar happened on February 26, 2010. It was organized and hosted by John K. Fanney, Esquire of Fanney & Jackson, P.C. The following is a transcript of this video: I […]
What I don’t understand: Why I can’t get discovery
A very frequent refrain when it comes to forensic science laden cases among Defense attorneys is that they cannot get discovery in a meaningful way. In general, the discovery process is the exchange of information from the prosecuting agency to defendant’s counsel. There is the requirement that prosecutors give over to defense counsel all exculpatory […]
Presentation at 2010 American Chemical Society National Exposition
On August 24, 2010, I with Dr. Alfred Staubus, PharmD, PhD [with contributions with Dr. Joseph Citron, MD, JD] had the great pleasure of presenting at the 2010 Fall American Chemical Society (ACS) National Exposition. It was held in Boston at the Boston Convention Center. It was a very very large conference. Together we presented […]
Honorificabilitudinitatibus or a Faux Scientist
Honorificabilitudinitatibus literally means “loaded with honors”. Its modern etymology and usage comes from William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost by Costard in Act V, Scene I. In forensic science as practiced in the United States, there are few legitimate Honorificabilitudinitatibus and many faux scientists. One of the scams that will help you tell between the few […]
Everyone needs a little inspiration
“And that’s the terrible myth of organized society, that everything that’s done through the established system is legal and that word has a powerful psychological impact. It makes people believe that there is an order to life, and an order to a system, and that a person that goes through this order and is convicted, […]
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