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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: Obscenity opinion of a cop led to this. The Short, Ridiculous Trial of a Protestor Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume
An Alabama cop who confronted the No Kings protester claimed she posed a risk to public safety. The judge was unconvinced.
— Read on theintercept.com/2026/04/22/renea-gamble-trial-penis-costume-no-kings-protest/
Forensics: Diplomatic scandal. Mexico’s president weighs action after CIA agents killed in crash following drug lab raid
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the government is still investigating a potential violation of national security laws in the incident.
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-military-unaware-cia-agents-killed-crash-drug-lab-raid-sheinbaum/
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Forensics: The Shaken Baby Curse. Man sentenced to prison 26 years ago in infant’s death has case dismissed
A Denver man serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing a 4-month-old baby had his case dismissed on Tuesday due to new evidence that concluded the infant died of severe lung disease.
— Read on www.denver7.com/news/front-range/denver/denver-man-sentenced-to-prison-26-years-ago-in-death-of-4-month-old-has-conviction-erased
Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, death penalty, forensic evidence exaggeration, forensic fraud, forensic pathology, Forensic Science, forensic science misconduct, junk forensic science, Shaken Baby Syndrome myth, wrongful convictions
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Forensics: South Africa. Still using hair analysis? New lab not enough: Union urges more forensic experts amid 13,000 case backlog
This US FBI method has been debunked 10 years ago. Thousand of false convictions were affected.
KZN police face 13,000+ forensic case backlog as union urges clear timelines; new Mayville lab aims to speed up investigations.
— Read on www.ecr.co.za/news/news/union-urges-forensic-experts-amid-13000-case-backlog/
Forensics: Prosecutor Misconduct. Penis costume protester prevails in court.
Alabama officers said the woman’s costume created a public safety threat and arrested her at an October “No Kings” rally.
— Read on www.courthousenews.com/penis-costume-protester-prevails-in-court/
Forensics: Hate. A MAGA Influencer Targeted a West Hollywood Family. One Husband Is Now Facing a Felony.
A MAGA influencer targeted a West Hollywood couple with their baby, claimed to be from CNN, and left one husband facing a felony. Their full account. WEHOonline
— Read on wehoonline.com/maga-influencer-west-hollywood-baby-confrontation/
Forensics: Digital. Bryan Kohberger created a digital blackout during his brutal murders. FBI agent reveals how he turned it against the Idaho killer.
EXCLUSIVE: Despite Bryan Kohberger leaving behind his DNA at the crime scene in 2022, the digital footprint of a man who slaughtered four University of Idaho students was severely lacking. Now, for the first time, an FBI agent talks about how the lack of evidence actually became key to making the case. Andrea Cavallier reports from Washington, D.C.
— Read on www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/bryan-kohberger-phone-fbi-digital-forensics-b2958594.html
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Forensics: Medicine. Tribal and Rural Healthcare at Risk in Oklahoma Gov. Stitt’s Attack on Medicaid
Tribal and Rural Healthcare at Risk in Oklahoma Gov. Stitt’s Attack on Medicaid – Native News Online
— Read on nativenewsonline.net/opinion/tribal-and-rural-healthcare-at-risk-in-oklahoma-gov-stitts-attack-on-medicaid/
Forensics: Junk bitemark cases from my past. All from LA and Missisippi. Documentary exposes junk science that sent man to death row.
BATON ROUGE – In 1998, Jimmie “Chris” Duncan was convicted of first-degree murder in the bathtub drowning of 23-month-old Haley Oliveaux and sent to death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
— Read on http://www.stmarynow.com/state/documentary-exposes-junk-science-sent-man-death-row
Forensics: Using the wrong execution meds saved his life. Richard Glossip’s Road Map to Nowhere | Yale Law Journal
While the Supreme Court’s 2025 decision in Glossip v. Oklahoma was heralded as a victory for the defense, this Essay argues that the case is actually a road…
— Read on yalelawjournal.org/essay/glossips-road-map-to-nowhere1
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