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Forensics Canada: Bitemarkers run amok; Courts and DAs prefer case precedence over science.
This is a 50 page UBC Law Review narrative on the inadequacies of courts to recognize junk “forensic” experts. Battling Canadian bitemarkers leave a trail of exaggerated claims and criminal case law that is blind to scientific principles.
Forensics: Bodycam video of LAPD fatally shooting dog named Jameson
Two LAPD officers responded to the scene after reports of screaming; a large Saint Bernard doodle exited the home and ran toward an officer, who then fired shots
— Read on www.police1.com/body-camera/bwc-released-in-fatal-ois-of-pet-dog-who-approached-lapd-officer-during-wellness-check
Posted in Crime, US homicide statistics analysis
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Forensics: Cook County Has Been Called the Wrongful Conviction Capital of the US. New Book Explores Why
Illinois makes up about 15% of wrongful conviction cases nationwide, according to Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, the author behind “Crime Fictions: How Racist Lies Built a System of Mass Wrongful Conviction.”
— Read on news.wttw.com/2026/06/23/cook-county-has-been-called-wrongful-conviction-capital-us-new-book-explores-why
Forensics: Another bitemark exoneration. Conviction of man in 1989 Eugene murder is tossed out under new ‘junk science’ law
A new state law lists bite-mark analysis as a discredited forensic science, and Oregon Department of Justice attorneys agreed that under the law the conviction of Robert Lyons should be vacated. The Lane County District Attorney must decide whether to retry Lyons.
Forensics: Fraud and lies. Former Colorado analyst pleads guilty in DNA testing scandal
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A former forensic analyst with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation pleaded guilty Tuesday to four felony counts stemming from accusations that she manipulated and omitted data to speed up the DNA testing process, calling into question the validity of hundreds of criminal cas…
— Read on www.wral.com/news/ap/920c3-former-colorado-analyst-pleads-guilty-in-dna-testing-scandal/
Forensics: Law. A world on trial: How lawyers documenting Israeli abuse pay a price | Israel-Palestine conflict
Behind the mounting evidence of crimes against Palestinians are the lawyers braving harassment and violence.
— Read on www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/19/a-world-on-trial-how-lawyers-documenting-israeli-abuse-pay-a-price
Forensics: ID. Maryland teen soldier who died in Revolutionary War identified
A Revolutionary War soldier who died at the Battle of Camden in 1780 has been identified, solving one of America’s oldest “John Doe” mysteries.
— Read on www.wbaltv.com/article/john-pumphrey-identified-maryland-revolutionary-war-soldier/71631017
Posted in AAFS, DNA profiling, human identification
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Forensics: OOPS. Now Luigi changes his mind. He’s not insane.
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Forensics:: Law. If There’s $1.776 Billion for January 6 Rioters, Why Not for Broken Indian Treaties? – Native News Online
If There’s $1.776 Billion for January 6 Rioters, Why Not for Broken Indian Treaties? – Native News Online
— Read on nativenewsonline.net/opinion/if-theres-1-776-billion-for-january-6-rioters-why-not-for-broken-indian-treaties/
Forensics: Lost DNA coverup. Junk forensics. Mississippi Today fights for access to court records about missing evidence in rape, manslaughter case
An RCFP attorney is representing Mississippi Today in its fight for public access to the judicial records.
— Read on www.rcfp.org/litigation/brown-v-mississippi/
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