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.
Fabricated bitemark evidence sent him to death row. Another victim of the notorious Michael West. Jimmie Duncan is on death row in Louisiana based on fraudulent science—but that might not matter if the state’s governorship flips this fall.
— Read on newrepublic.com/article/170943/jimmie-duncan-louisiana-death-row-crime-never-happened
‘I’m waiting on the (C.A.) Pound lab to tell me what happened to Ms. Tomassi.’ — Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers
— Read on www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/indian-river-county/2023/03/20/forensic-scientists-at-uf-to-evaluate-remains-from-2018-susy-tomassi-case-for-cause-of-death/70021517007/
Authorities are reviewing hundreds of test results at the Rhode Island Department of Health lab over concerns they could have been contaminated, the state’s…
— Read on www.necn.com/news/local/hundreds-of-cases-under-review-after-potential-contamination-at-ri-forensics-lab/2947766/
Over 29,100 years have been ‘lost’ in prison due to wrongful convictions, as Sidney Holmes’ 400-year prison sentence garners attention amid his exoneration.
— Read on abcnews.go.com/US/fight-exoneration-29100-years-lost-prison-wrongful-convictions/story
Thanks to Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, the Christian right has found a court in Texas where it thinks it can win rulings that erode abortion access even in states keeping it legal.
— Read on www.thenation.com/article/society/mifepristone-texas-abortion-medication/
Cornell University anthropology dept. returns Native Ancestors, Feb. 21, 60 years after they were dug out of ground | Navajo-Hopi Observer | Navajo & Hopi Nations, AZ
— Read on www.nhonews.com/news/2023/mar/14/cornell-university-anthropology-dept-returns-nativ/
The human remains were found close to a campus soccer stadium.
— Read on www.newsweek.com/human-remains-found-kentucky-university-campus-1787249
Authorities are investigating what led a man to fatally shoot himself just before deputies entered his home and found he’d been living for months with a corpse.
— Read on cw39.com/news/local/sheriff-man-fatally-shoots-self-after-living-with-corpse/
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