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

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.

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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: Federal Shutdown stalls national NAMUS missing persons database, delaying help for police.

Muldrow police say the government shutdown left the NamUs.gov system unresponsive as they tried to post a missing teen’s case and request a DNA kit.
— Read on www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/shutdown-stalls-national-missing-persons-database-delaying-help-for-muldrow-police/ar-AA1PWeBT

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Forensics: Security. How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Phone at the Airport

If you’re traveling through an airport, follow these digital security practices to keep CBP or ICE from getting into your phone.
— Read on theintercept.com/2026/03/25/ice-airports-phone-security-privacy-safety/

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Forensics: Meet the RiversideCA sheriff running for governor.

He makes over $500K a year. His platform is to “drop a bomb on Sacramento” (rhetorical?) when he wins the election. Along with other “cleaning the swamp” tropes.

From Vemmiller.com

“Chad Bianco has the lowest crime solving record of any Sheriff in California, literally number 58 out of 58 sheriffs. He also has the most lawsuits filed and lost, over $100 million paid out to his victims. He also has the most lawsuits pending, 20+ suits. He is also a BLM kneeler, who lied about it for 3 years and yelled at anyone who would suggest it to be so, despite there being video of it where he is saying he is “100%” kneeling, and “working with BLM.” He fired deputies on the orders of BLM. He also has the most jail deaths in California history. He also has covered up murders of people like Jamall Brown, who died an agonizing death because his deputies refused to give him insulin. They just let the man die a slow and agonizing death over 48 hours. He covered it up and said it was a drug overdose, despite there being no drugs in his system. Chad Bianco also created a fake “3rd Trump assassin” hoax so he could seem like a fake hero. He then tried to frame the victim Vem Miller twice, by sending corrupt cops to plant fake evidence inside his parents home. He has terrorized people for his power, and used his badge under color of law. He is the worst candidate possible for California Governor. Most recently, he (allegedly) sent out word that his deputies are supposed to fudge the statistics in order to cover up his worst in California state crime solving record, 9.2%. He also has the highest per capita budget of any Sheriff’s department. His budgets include waste fraud and abuse that would make Newsom blush.”

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Forensics: Crime. Meta Will Pay $375 Million For Allegedly Failing To Stop Child Exploitation Online

The lawsuit concerned allegations that Meta covered up its platforms’ impact on children’s mental health and its knowledge of child exploitation online.
— Read on www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/03/24/meta-must-pay-375-million-over-allegedly-enabling-child-exploitation/

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Forensics: Exonerated duo warn of ‘junk science’ in Shaken Baby Syndrome cases through new podcast

Josh Burns and Andrew Roark know firsthand how a single criminal charge can upend a life — especially one they say never should have been filed. “Our core message is what happened to us can happen to…
— Read on www.yahoo.com/news/articles/exonerated-duo-warn-junk-science-213845306.html

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Forensics: Justice. People of Twin Cities awarded JFK Profile in Courage Award over resistance to ICE surge – CBS Minnesota

The people of Minneapolis-St. Paul are being honored with a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their response to the federal immigration enforcement operation this winter, the JFK Library Foundation announced Wednesday.
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/twin-cities-jfk-profile-in-courage-award-resistance-ice-surge/

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Forensics: Election Law. MAGA Sheriff in CA seizes 650,000 November 2025 ballots to pursue his own “election fraud” investigation. He is also a candidate for CA governor.

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Forensics: Rogue cops versus law students. Cooley Law School Innocence Project Assists in Release of George Calicut, Jr.

Cooley Law School’s Innocence Project collaborated with others in the release of George Calicut Jr., who spent 27 years in prison wrongully convicted.
— Read on www.legalreader.com/cooley-law-school-innocence-project-assists-in-release-of-george-calicut-jr/

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Forensics: Crime Lab Scandal. State forensic science commission blasts UIC over rogue crime lab | Injustice Watch

The commission called on UIC (Univ of Chicago) to conduct a proper audit of its lab, which has been responsible for nearly two dozen wrongful DUI convictions. Bad equipment, methods, and testimony.
— Read on www.injusticewatch.org/project/forensic-failures/2026/forensic-science-commission-criticizes-uic-lab/

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Forensics: Law. How use of AI by lawyers need strict rules and guidelines. Here are a few.

www.calbar.ca.gov/sites/default/files/portals/0/documents/ethics/Generative-AI-Practical-Guidance.pdf

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