Posts In Category N&O
The Unraveling, Turbocharged: Crime Lab Report, Part 2
on April 26, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, CJFSRA, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, N&O, NC SBI, Comments (0)
Last time I talked about the Crazy Hypocrisy of Crime Lab Report’s latest ramblings. Today I’m going to go through the Lies & Misrepresentations they tried to use to justify […]
The Unraveling, Turbocharged: Crime Lab Report, Part I
on April 22, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, CFSO, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, N&O, NC SBI, Comments (0)
I’ve been really busy trying to get some other big things done for the site, but, as so many of you have brought to my attention, the ASCLDs have really […]
The Unraveling, Part 4, Revisited: Message Received, and a Lesson for Us All
on March 15, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, Charlatans, Forensic Reform, N&O, NC SBI, White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science, Comments (0)
On February 18, 2011, ASCLD/LAB’s Board of Directors published their counterintuitive, hypocritical Position Statement defending (but not by name) the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NC SBI) for its […]
ASCLD & The Gang and Mandy Locke: Thank You For This. Really.
on November 22, 2010 by Amy Driver in AAFS, ASCLD, N&O, Comments (0)
Something really, really great did come out of that inadequate, nonsensical article in which Mandy Locke and Joe Neff let ASCLD & The Gang off the hook for all their […]
Mandy Locke and the News & Observer, Part 2: Bad Ethics
on November 15, 2010 by Amy Driver in N&O, NC SBI, Comments (0)
As we have established, the News & Observer ran a series of articles about mostly old stories that had been covered before with an air of “You are soooo very […]
Mandy Locke and the News & Observer, Part 1: Bad Journalism
on November 11, 2010 by Amy Driver in N&O, NC SBI, Comments (1)
When the reporters of the News & Observer first contacted me and asked me to write a review of their coverage of the North Carolina SBI in a series they […]
NC SBI Follow-Up: Here’s How We’re Going To Do This
on October 25, 2010 by Amy Driver in N&O, NC SBI, Comments (0)
There is an enormous amount of information to go through to understand what happened in the case of the murder of Christopher Foggs or, as people will alternatively think of […]
North Carolina SBI, Revisited: Adina Schwartz, Wannabe Expert in Something or Other
on September 23, 2010 by Amy Driver in Adina Schwartz, N&O, NC SBI, Comments (1)
In reviewing the transcripts of Beth Desmond’s testimony in the cases that accompany that picture that was in the Raleigh News & Observer, I realized I had been handed an […]
North Carolina SBI, Revisited: Some Things To Keep In Mind
on September 20, 2010 by Amy Driver in N&O, NC SBI, Comments (0)
There is obviously a lot of fall-out from revelations about the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). But before we get into those, I want to make sure that […]
NC State Bureau of Investigation: Low-Hanging Fruit for the News & Observer
on August 20, 2010 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, N&O, NC SBI, Comments (4)
The investigative reporters at the Raleigh News & Observer have just released a series of stories about the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Lab called Agents’ Secrets. The […]
