Jeff Kukucka
@kukucka.bsky.social
Professor and psycholegal researcher of human factors (especially cognitive bias) in forensics. To science, I felt that I could help ⭕️
@nationalacademies.org releasing their new report on forensic pathology and deaths in custody momentarily. Watch the live stream here:
www.nationalacademies.org/event/45917_...
www.nationalacademies.org/event/45917_...
www.nationalacademies.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
@nationalacademies.org releasing their new report on forensic pathology and deaths in custody momentarily. Watch the live stream here:
www.nationalacademies.org/event/45917_...
www.nationalacademies.org/event/45917_...
New in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social...
'Cognitive Bias Affects Perception and Decision-Making in Simulated Facial Recognition Searches'
People rated whichever candidate was paired with biasing info as looking most like the perp -- even though that info was random!
www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
'Cognitive Bias Affects Perception and Decision-Making in Simulated Facial Recognition Searches'
People rated whichever candidate was paired with biasing info as looking most like the perp -- even though that info was random!
www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
www.mdpi.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social...
'Cognitive Bias Affects Perception and Decision-Making in Simulated Facial Recognition Searches'
People rated whichever candidate was paired with biasing info as looking most like the perp -- even though that info was random!
www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
'Cognitive Bias Affects Perception and Decision-Making in Simulated Facial Recognition Searches'
People rated whichever candidate was paired with biasing info as looking most like the perp -- even though that info was random!
www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
Reposted by Jeff Kukucka
How a daring audit sparked Maryland’s reckoning over police custody deaths
How a daring audit sparked Maryland’s reckoning over police custody deaths
Research by a psychology professor from Towson University shed new light on how the work of medical examiners suffers from bias.
buff.ly
July 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How a daring audit sparked Maryland’s reckoning over police custody deaths
Danyel Smith could be a free man today, but instead he's fighting to clear his name.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/04/16/g...
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/04/16/g...
Georgia Supreme Court reexamining dad’s murder conviction in shaken baby death
A jury convicted Danyel Smith of murdering his child more than 20 years ago. He’s asking for a new trial focused on medical advances.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Danyel Smith could be a free man today, but instead he's fighting to clear his name.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/04/16/g...
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/04/16/g...
New data suggest that firearms examiners make more conservative decisions when they know they're being studied, raising further questions about error rates derived from black box studies...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Hawthorne effect in studies of firearm and toolmark examiners
The Hawthorne effect refers to the tendency of individuals to behave differently when they know they are being studied. In the forensic science domain, concerns have been raised about the “strategic ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
New data suggest that firearms examiners make more conservative decisions when they know they're being studied, raising further questions about error rates derived from black box studies...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Big news: Georgia is set to become the 39th state to compensate wrongly convicted individuals. Read the full statute here:
www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/...
www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/...
www.legis.ga.gov
April 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Big news: Georgia is set to become the 39th state to compensate wrongly convicted individuals. Read the full statute here:
www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/...
www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/...
More press coverage of Danyel Smith's upcoming appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court...
www.fox8live.com/2025/04/08/g...
www.fox8live.com/2025/04/08/g...
Georgia’s highest court to hear case of dad convicted of killing infant son
Danyel Smith was convicted of killing his infant son more than 20 years ago. He’s maintained his innocence since.
www.fox8live.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
More press coverage of Danyel Smith's upcoming appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court...
www.fox8live.com/2025/04/08/g...
www.fox8live.com/2025/04/08/g...
This recommendation form is completely unhinged 🧐
March 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This recommendation form is completely unhinged 🧐
Great job @amandaknox.com and @davejr8.bsky.social explaining why police shouldn't lie to criminal suspects!
Bonus: At the 7:30 mark, the president of the world's largest interrogation training program admits: "Most of what [scientists] suggest we reject." 🙃
www.investigatetv.com/2025/03/24/a...
Bonus: At the 7:30 mark, the president of the world's largest interrogation training program admits: "Most of what [scientists] suggest we reject." 🙃
www.investigatetv.com/2025/03/24/a...
Amanda Knox calls for ban on police lying to suspects during interrogation
Confessing to a crime you didn’t commit seems unthinkable, but growing research and real-life examples show it does happen.
www.investigatetv.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Great job @amandaknox.com and @davejr8.bsky.social explaining why police shouldn't lie to criminal suspects!
Bonus: At the 7:30 mark, the president of the world's largest interrogation training program admits: "Most of what [scientists] suggest we reject." 🙃
www.investigatetv.com/2025/03/24/a...
Bonus: At the 7:30 mark, the president of the world's largest interrogation training program admits: "Most of what [scientists] suggest we reject." 🙃
www.investigatetv.com/2025/03/24/a...
APA Division 3 (Society for Experimental Psych and Cognitive Science) has several open leadership positions!
These are great opportunities to get involved in APA, especially for ECPs! See below link/flyer for more info...
drive.google.com/file/d/1yC4h...
#PsychSky #PsycSci #PsychSciSky #CogPsyc
These are great opportunities to get involved in APA, especially for ECPs! See below link/flyer for more info...
drive.google.com/file/d/1yC4h...
#PsychSky #PsycSci #PsychSciSky #CogPsyc
March 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
APA Division 3 (Society for Experimental Psych and Cognitive Science) has several open leadership positions!
These are great opportunities to get involved in APA, especially for ECPs! See below link/flyer for more info...
drive.google.com/file/d/1yC4h...
#PsychSky #PsycSci #PsychSciSky #CogPsyc
These are great opportunities to get involved in APA, especially for ECPs! See below link/flyer for more info...
drive.google.com/file/d/1yC4h...
#PsychSky #PsycSci #PsychSciSky #CogPsyc
March 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The lengthy motion cites, among many other things, the SAME COURT'S decision to overturn a nearly-identical conviction last year.
BREAKING: Today, Robert Roberson asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) again to grant relief based on significant new evidence supporting his actual innocence. Read more: innocenceproject.org/robert-rober...
Robert Roberson Again Asks Texas Court of Criminal Appeals To Overturn His Wrongful “Shaken Baby” Conviction
Mr. Roberson asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) again to grant relief based on significant new evidence supporting his actual innocence.
innocenceproject.org
February 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The lengthy motion cites, among many other things, the SAME COURT'S decision to overturn a nearly-identical conviction last year.
Georgia will now require doctors to review a child's complete medical history before making an abuse accusation, and parents will no longer need permission to seek a second opinion.
www.11alive.com/article/news...
www.11alive.com/article/news...
Georgia reforms the way it handles child abuse allegations following 11Alive News investigation
It comes after 11Alive Chief Investigator Rebecca Lindstrom's "Help That Harms" series.
www.11alive.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Georgia will now require doctors to review a child's complete medical history before making an abuse accusation, and parents will no longer need permission to seek a second opinion.
www.11alive.com/article/news...
www.11alive.com/article/news...
Reposted by Jeff Kukucka
State apologizes, awards $3 million to man wrongly imprisoned for murder
State apologizes, awards $3M to man wrongly imprisoned for murder
Marando Warthen won an official apology and $3 million in compensation from the state of Maryland on Wednesday, after serving decades in prison for wrongful murder convictions in 1984.
buff.ly
February 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
State apologizes, awards $3 million to man wrongly imprisoned for murder
Failures in forensic firearms analysis are "not just the result of mistakes; they [are] the predictable outcome of a system that lacks safeguards against bias and subjectivity.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/fire...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/fire...
Firearm Forensics Is Still Troubled by Systemic Failure
Three forensic examiners at the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory last year mistakenly concluded that cartridge cases from a crime scene matched a specific firearm. The error exposes systemic flaws ...
www.scientificamerican.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Failures in forensic firearms analysis are "not just the result of mistakes; they [are] the predictable outcome of a system that lacks safeguards against bias and subjectivity.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/fire...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/fire...
This includes some of my favorite humans 🫶🏻
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
We are so very thankful for the women who continue to promote justice for all and integrity through forensic science. #WomenInScience 🔬💀🧬
We are so very thankful for the women who continue to promote justice for all and integrity through forensic science. #WomenInScience 🔬💀🧬
February 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This includes some of my favorite humans 🫶🏻
"The police said Ellen had killed herself. And after a meeting with law enforcement officials, the medical examiner changed her cause of death to suicide." 🤦🏻♂️
www.cnn.com/interactive/...
www.cnn.com/interactive/...
She had 20 knife wounds and at least 11 bruises. Authorities said she killed herself
Ellen Greenberg was found dead in 2011 in her Philadelphia apartment with a knife in her chest. Despite contradictory evidence, her death was ruled a suicide. Years later, her parents are still fighti...
www.cnn.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"The police said Ellen had killed herself. And after a meeting with law enforcement officials, the medical examiner changed her cause of death to suicide." 🤦🏻♂️
www.cnn.com/interactive/...
www.cnn.com/interactive/...
👇🏻 Tonight's '48 Hours' is a must-watch.
"Melissa Calusinski, a day care worker imprisoned for murder, hopes Illinois governor will free her based on new evidence": www.cbsnews.com/news/melissa...
Melissa Calusinski, a day care worker imprisoned for murder, hopes Illinois governor will free her based on new evidence
Melissa Calusinski has been behind bars in Illinois for 16 years in a case plagued by allegations of evidence manipulation, coerced confession and flawed medical opinions.
www.cbsnews.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
👇🏻 Tonight's '48 Hours' is a must-watch.
More coverage of Danyel Smith's upcoming appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court. Danyel could be out of prison today, but he refused to plead guilty in 2023.
“Not every tragedy is a crime,” Smith said. “I’m not a murderer. I did not kill my son.”
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/01/16/g...
“Not every tragedy is a crime,” Smith said. “I’m not a murderer. I did not kill my son.”
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/01/16/g...
Georgia’s highest court to hear case of dad convicted of killing infant son
Danyel Smith was convicted of killing his infant son more than 20 years ago. He’s maintained his innocence since.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
More coverage of Danyel Smith's upcoming appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court. Danyel could be out of prison today, but he refused to plead guilty in 2023.
“Not every tragedy is a crime,” Smith said. “I’m not a murderer. I did not kill my son.”
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/01/16/g...
“Not every tragedy is a crime,” Smith said. “I’m not a murderer. I did not kill my son.”
www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/01/16/g...