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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: ‘Unconscionable cruelty’: MPs call for miscarriage of justice compensation – The Justice Gap
‘Unconscionable cruelty’: MPs call for miscarriage of justice compensation – The Justice Gap
— Read on www.thejusticegap.com/unconscionable-cruelty-mps-call-for-miscarriage-of-justice-compensation/
Forensics: Medicine. TrumpRx list of drugs: More than half have cheaper alternatives.
Patients could save more buying non-branded copycat drugs, even if they don’t have insurance.
— Read on www.axios.com/2026/02/06/trumprx-list-drugs-website-cheaper-prices
Forensics: Tell Verizon: Stop Powering Detention, Deportation, and Abuse.
Verizon is helping power a system of detention, deportation, and abuse. Through a 10-year, $176 billion contract with the Department of Homeland Security, Verizon provides communications infrastru…
— Read on actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-verizon-stop-powering-detention-deportation-and-abuse/
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Forensics: Targeting debunked forensics, Oregon lawmakers propose narrowed wrongful conviction bill. 43% of wrongful convictions based on junk science like bitemarks.
Targeting debunked forensics, Oregon lawmakers propose narrowed wrongful conviction bill | The Outlook
— Read on theoutlookonline.com/2026/02/05/targeting-debunked-forensics-oregon-lawmakers-propose-narrowed-wrongful-conviction-bill/
Forensics: Law. ICE demanded Maine sheriff’s employment records following his criticism of arrest
The subpoena came a day after Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce blasted immigration agents for arresting one of his guards.
— Read on www.bangordailynews.com/2026/02/03/mainefocus/mainefocus-police-courts/ice-demanded-maine-sheriffs-employment-records/
Posted in Crime, criminal justice, prosecutorial misconduct
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Forensics: Law. Children in ICE Detention Skyrocket in Trump’s Second Term | The Marshall Project
With a six-fold jump in children in detention, advocates allege harrowing conditions are putting kids’ lives at risk.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/ice-kids-in-detention-numbers
Forensics: ICE Is Legally Required to Issue Full Reports on Detainee Deaths. They’ve Completely Stopped Doing It.
ICE is required to issue a full report to Congress on any detainee death within 90 days. They’ve skipped the last 8 deaths entirely.
— Read on www.jezebel.com/ice-detainee-deaths-reports-stopped-issuing-illegal-congress-requirement-90-days-investigation
Forensics: Law. San Diego law students take on potential wrongful conviction cases. CA Innocence Project attorneys provide expertise.
The University of San Diego is partnering with The Innocence Center to examine potential wrongful convictions.
— Read on www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/02/02/usd-innocence-clinic-wrongful-conviction-california-prison
Forensics: Research. ‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
— Read on www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00091-0
Posted in AAFS, Center for Disease Control, Civil rights, Forensic Science
Tagged Trump anti-science agenda
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Forensics: Unmixing DNA samples using one blood cell. New forensic technique could be ‘game changer’ for solving sex crime cases
Scientists have found a way to pinpoint what cells in the body a sample of DNA has come from.
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8rj73n24jo
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