Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Greg Kelley: Texas: Crime scene goes digital (2). (Saved by digits!); Senior Writer Seth Augenstein of The Forensic magazine sheds light on 'digital forensics' in a story involving, "A police detective who never followed all the leads, a conflicted defense attorney who cried so uncontrollably she did not discuss appeal options after the “midnight verdict” of guilt, and a jury who convicted without any physical evidence at all."..."An exoneration remains to be issued by the Texas appeals court. And the crime itself has never been solved. But an innocent man is free because of the tracking technology on his cellphone, added Adams. “Digital forensics, like any other forensic discipline, is a scientific experiment,” said Adams. “If two independent forensic technicians use the same evidence, the same certified tool, and perform their work using the same certified process, (they) should be able to produce the same results. In this case, that is exactly what happened, and it happened in a glorious manner for Greg.”


STORY: "Texas an convicted of sex crime gets reversal of fortune - from his phone," by Senior Writer Seth Augenstein, published by The Forensic Magazine on January 17, 2018.
GIST: "Greg Kelley, a young man in Texas convicted of sexually molesting a toddler in 2014, had a lot of things going against him that led to his spending more than three years in prison for a crime he did not commit. But Kelley had one thing to start his reversal of fortune that led to his release from prison last August, and a judge finding him fully cleared last month. It was his phone, and the voluminous digital evidence contained on it showing where he went, and what he was doing over the months when the molestations occurred. It showed he was not even at the home, which doubled as a daycare, when the crimes were committed. (This is another example of digits at work - this time for the defence. "Crucially, it also showed what kind of person Kelley was. This was no pedophile, said C.M. “Mike” Adams, a veteran forensic investigator who first cracked the iPhone that would ultimately set an innocent man free. “If a pedophile had owned that phone it would have been wiped on a regular basis by performing a factory reset,” Adams told Forensic Magazine. “Greg’s phone was just the opposite of that. He was creating what would one day be the digital evidence that lit the fire under his exoneration.”A partial investigation; It started with a boy telling his parents that someone named “Greg” had put their penis in the boy’s mouth at the daycare, according to court documents. Author Augenstein goes on to tell us:  "An exoneration remains to be issued by the Texas appeals court. And the crime itself has never been solved. But an innocent man is free because of the tracking technology on his cellphone, added Adams.  “Digital forensics, like any other forensic discipline, is a scientific experiment,” said Adams. “If two independent forensic technicians use the same evidence, the same certified tool, and perform their work using the same certified process, (they) should be able to produce the same results. In this case, that is exactly what happened, and it happened in a glorious manner for Greg.” Read the entire post at the link below:

The entire story can be found at:

https://www.forensicmag.com/news/2018/01/texas-man-convicted-sex-crime-gets-reversal-fortune-his-phone?et_cid=6236483&et_rid=979655504&type=headline&et_cid=6236483&et_rid=979655504&linkid=https%3a%2f%2fwww.forensicmag.com%2fnews%2f2018%2f01%2ftexas-man-convicted-sex-crime-gets-reversal-fortune-his-phone%3fet_cid%3d6236483%26et_rid%3d%%subscriberid%%%26type%3dheadline

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy; Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog."