Forensic Pathology News
Dr. Young will post links to news articles that interest him about
forensic pathology, medical examiners, coroners and death
investigation in this section.
Pathology in the News
- Opinion: Michigan needs state-based forensic science commission
- The misapplication of forensic science is one of the leading contributing factors to wrongful convictions in the state of Michigan and across the nation. Misapplication, which can include the misuse of forensic techniques or improper testimony by forensic analysts, has been responsible for 44% of the nation’s 365 DNA-based exonerations. [Finally, someone is not blaming forensic science but the "misapplication" of it.]
- Why forensic science is in crisis and how we can fix it
- Another article about a forensic science, all the while an obvious solution continues to be ignored.
- ‘WANTED A PERFECT WORLD’ New mum, 18, shook her four-month-old baby daughter to death after her ‘fantasy’ of motherhood failed to live up to reality
- From Fantasyland down under.
- What we know about the mysterious vaping-linked disease and deaths
- Health officials, lawmakers and parents have been raising alarms about vaping for a couple of years, warning that products touted as healthier alternatives for smokers are instead drawing in young people with fun flavors and slick marketing.
- Medical examiner says Danielle Stislicki was asphyxiated, despite body never being found
- Brady’s ruling came on the heels of testimony from Oakland County medical examiner Dr. Ljubisa J. Dragovic during a preliminary examination Tuesday. Dragovic testified he believed Stislicki died from asphyxiation despite her body never being found. Dragovic said he came to his conclusion through evidence collected via police reports and “common sense.”
- Forensic science isn't 'reliable' or 'unreliable' – it depends on the questions you're trying to answer
- The academics search for some profound answer to the problems of forensic science while ignoring the simple Inferential Test.
- Cincinnati-area OB-GYN says Brooke Skylar Richardson's baby was stillborn
- Dr. John E. White said the way Richardson described her newborn to authorities — white, not breathing or moving and with no heartbeat — is consistent with a stillbirth.
- 2016 whistleblower complaint alleged similar behavior by Pierce County Medical Examiner
- TACOMA, Wash. - A 2016 whistleblower complaint filed against the Pierce County medical examiner alleged many of the same behavior employees say is creating a difficult work environment at the ME’s office.
Pathology Links
- ACCPE means Affirming the Consequent for Complex Past Events. It is The Sherlock Effect.
- Whenever an expert states the past events that occurred on the basis of looking only at the physical evidence without reference to eyewitness statements, he or she is Affirming the Consequent for Complex Past Events. This is not only logically invalid and unsound, it never works in practice, Sherlock Holmes, CSI and Bones notwithstanding. Whenever ACCPE is listed in my comments to a news article, recognize one more tragic example of how this fallacy can destroy lives. ACCPE can also be understood as "backward reasoning,""effect-to-cause reasoning," or "abductive inference."
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- ForensicScienceDegree.org
- For further information on forensic science.
- National Association of Medical Examiners