Amicus Brief: Melanie H.
CIFS filed this amicus brief in the Court of Appeals of New York in M.H’s case to ask the court to reverse the lower courts’ determinations, dismiss the Family Court petitions against M.H., and grant other relief as deemed just and proper. We encourage the court to consider the pitfalls inherent in proceedings involving unauthenticated forensic evidence created by incentivized informants.
Amicus Brief: Areli Escobar 2024
CIFS and the Innocence Network filed this amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in Areli Escobar’s case. This brief follows our 2022 amicus brief which sent the case back to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA) for further review. The TCCA came to the same conclusion, denying relief. This 2024 amicus brief in Escobar’s case asks SCOTUS to intervene because the TCCA will not.
Amicus Brief: Julian Gallardo
Kate Judson joined various forensic science and legal professionals to file this amicus brief in the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon in Julian Gallardo’s case to educate the court on issues surrounding the cell phone tracking data. We raise the issue around admissibility of ZetX Trax evidence which uses cell phone call detail records to create maps that supposedly show the phone's location at the time calls were made. Police officers used ZetX in this case to show the jury that Gallardo was at the location of the crime when it happened.
Amicus Brief: Areli Escobar 2022
CIFS and the Innocence Network filed this brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in Areli Escobar’s case to educate the court on the unreliable DNA testing that led to his death sentence. Noting that after removing the DNA evidence presented at trial, the remaining evidence relied on by the State was questionable and circumstantial, including varying witness accounts, shoeprint comparison evidence, and latent print evidence.