tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post43760859924607282..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Robot judges, a Dallas data dump, prosecutor fired for doing the right thing, and other storiesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85848990439459015042018-10-31T07:45:30.631-05:002018-10-31T07:45:30.631-05:00Count me among the learned who oppose robots who c...Count me among the learned who oppose robots who can both issue rulings and have sex with the defendant since we all know from years or even decades of experience that this will inevitably lead to the defendant getting screwed twice. Uh huh, happy Halloween especially to the corrupt DA’s out there who won’t need a costume tonite because they’ll be going as themselves. Scary indeed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19161258068251085512018-10-30T23:36:07.572-05:002018-10-30T23:36:07.572-05:00(more about crime labs)
"We're not seein...(more about crime labs)<br /><br />"We're not seeing anything that says we need to change the policies and procedures..."<br /><br />"During the investigation, the center strengthened the language of a policy to make it clear that unauthorized equipment was not allowed...And in their case notes, investigators must now write down the exact model number of their instruments."<br /><br />These are my favorite kinds of contradictory statements from lab directors. /s<br />Even though nothing needs to be changed, they changed it anyway.??<br /><br />This is why no one trusts crime labs. They say one thing, but do something else.<br /><br />And let's not forget the lab audit findings in 2017, "The need for improvement in the training program was also identified in the 2017 internal DNA audit." Perhaps if Stout had trained her better, she would not have used an unauthorized ALS.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-181552435123640592018-10-30T15:27:52.536-05:002018-10-30T15:27:52.536-05:00Whoops, my bad, you're right. Thanks for the c...Whoops, my bad, you're right. Thanks for the correction.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72120712816531123962018-10-30T15:20:32.217-05:002018-10-30T15:20:32.217-05:00re: False negatives lead to crime-lab firing
@gri...re: False negatives lead to crime-lab firing<br /><br />@grits - I think it was a "she", not a "he".<br /><br />Seems like there was some oversight problems, too. Typically there are 1-2 other analysts (including a Supervisor) that signs-off on any lab reports. If there was a problems with the particular ALS used, something should have been said sooner.<br /><br />And, there is no statement from the analyst that was fired. No explanation. Perhaps there is a valid reason that the analyst was using that particular ALS. Was she given permission by a Supervisor? Maybe the lab's ALS was not working and the analyst was forced to use their own. Who knows. Root cause analysis seems to be a large problem in these crime labs (see FSC's Final Report of Lisa Gefridies against HFSC).<br /><br />And of course there is the obligatory nondiscript statement by the lab director concerning her other work... "Stout said the forensic agency had other issues with the [analyst] regarding policies and procedures." No details, no documentation. But let's just pile on more derogatory allegations just in case the analyst had a valid reason for doing what they did.<br /><br />Given all the problems at HFSC, it sounds like they need a new Lab Director.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com