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

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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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Junk Forensics: What If the Worst Crime Imaginable Never Happened? | The New Republic

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

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Forensic scientists at UF to evaluate remains from Susy Tomassi case

‘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/

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Forensics: False positives. Rhode Island Department of Health Forensic Chemistry Lab Contamination Investigation

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/

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Forensics: The fight for exoneration: Over 29,100 years ‘lost’ in prison in wrongful convictions, database finds

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

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Forensics: The Movement Behind the Texas Judge and the Junk Science Poised to Block Access to Mifepristone

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/

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Forensics: Museums still resist this process. Cornell University anthropology dept. returns Native Ancestors, Feb. 21, 60 years after they were dug out of ground

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/

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Forensics: Dr. Buck Ruxton 1930s murder case in the UK. Its a classic who-done-it.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-64939242

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Forensics: Crime Lab supervisors missed 30,000 faked Massachusetts reports.

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/criminal-justice/the-problem-isnt-just-a-few-bad-apples/

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Forensics: 14398 Open Unidentified US cases. #NamUS. Human Remains Found on Kentucky University Campus

The human remains were found close to a campus soccer stadium.
— Read on www.newsweek.com/human-remains-found-kentucky-university-campus-1787249

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Forensics: Only in Texas. Sheriff: Man fatally shoots self after living with corpse

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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