Forensics: Costs of Wrongful Convictions Keeps Going Up. 27 years in prison worth $8.5M

Posted on July 10, 2024 by csidds

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2024/07/09/detroit-settles-8-5-million-in-larry-smiths-wrongful-conviction/74329447007/

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Forensics Canada: Bitemarkers run amok; Courts and DAs prefer case precedence over science.

Posted on August 1, 2018 by csidds

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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.

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Forensics: Tattoo and DNA. Investigators close in on Guthrie suspect

Posted on March 9, 2026 by csidds

Investigators close in on Guthrie suspect
— Read on www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/investigators-close-in-on-guthrie-suspect/gm-GMFE54C8F6

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Forensics: Prisons. At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, Mother Jones

Posted on March 8, 2026 by csidds

Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.
— Read on www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/at-largest-ice-detention-camp-staff-bet-on-detainee-suicides-ap-reports/

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Forensics: Medicine. RFK argues he has supreme authority and has immunity from killing people.

Posted on March 7, 2026 by csidds

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Stats on the measles outbreaks.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVQ9mSnCD9p/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

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Forensics: Medicine. A visit to RFK Hospital.

Posted on March 5, 2026 by csidds

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Forensics: Medicine. Blaming immigrants for measles outbreak in US. Its really the decreasing vaccination rate.

Posted on March 4, 2026 by csidds

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Forensics: Combat footage of Iranian warship sinking in international waters.

Posted on March 4, 2026 by csidds

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Forensics: Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these chatbots (LLMs) are willing to commit academic fraud.

Posted on March 4, 2026 by csidds

Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds.
— Read on www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00595-9

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Forensics: Genetic Genealogy case.

Posted on March 3, 2026 by csidds

www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-News/624317-Students-Identify-1986-Jane-Doe-who-was-Never-Reported-Missing/

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Forensics: Medicine. 40 million were on Obamacare. Trump wants us to negotiate with billionaires on our own.

Posted on March 3, 2026 by csidds

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Forensics: Medicine. RFK’s love with infectious diseases. Liar, liar.

Posted on March 3, 2026 by csidds

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