While it’s a surprise to no one, it’s good that the subject of the CompStat numbers has finally come up and is being aired publicly.

I know that some people are like, “so what else is new,” and they don’t believe this is a big deal since crime is, in fact, genuinely down.  But it is [...]

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Oh God. I don’t want to believe this is even possible. A February 23rd Los Angeles Times article by Harriet Ryan about the Phil Spector trial begins, “When it came to hiring expert witnesses for his murder defense, Phil Spector went for the top of the line. The scientists he retained to analyze evidence [...]

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“Forensic evidence that has helped convict thousands of defendants for nearly a century is often the product of shoddy scientific practices that should be upgraded and standardized, according to accounts of a draft report by the nation’s pre-eminent scientific research group.
“The report by the National Academy of Sciences is to be released this month.”  From an article [...]

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I was just reading a piece in the Boston Globe titled, Hub police show no gain in solving homicides. There’s a lot I could say, but I’m caught up in the inauguration excitement and not very focused.  
A few things in the piece jumped out at me. “He beefed up the unit to 25 detectives, [...]

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