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: Military. AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations | New Scientist

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
— Read on www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/

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Forensics: Law. A Supreme Court Win Didn’t Free Richard Glossip. But This Judge Could.

A year since his legal victory — and after six judges recused themselves — Richard Glossip is asking a new trial judge to release him from jail.
— Read on theintercept.com/2026/02/25/richard-glossip-judge-natalie-mai-oklahoma/

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Forensics: Taking data of decomposition studies, AI crunches the numbers for time of death cases.

AI provides a more precise time of death | EurekAlert!
— Read on www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1117572

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Forensics: Incarceration. ICE Detention Centers Face Huge Backlash—Before They’ve Even Been Built

Turns out ICE has bad PR.
— Read on www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-detention-centers-face-huge-backlash-before-even-built

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Forensics: Crime. OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago –

ChatGPT maker opted against informing authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June
— Read on www.wsj.com/us-news/law/openai-employees-raised-alarms-about-canada-shooting-suspect-months-ago-b585df62

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Forensics: Law. Crime. HS First Amendment Protest Gets Slammed in Quakertown. DA Investigating Police Chief.

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Forensics: Crime. Courts. DOJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court | Trump administration | The Guardian

String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/doj-protesters-federal-agents-cases

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Forensics: Law. A total clown show. Real DAs shocked. Grand jury rejection deals blow to Trump

Grand jury rejection deals blow to Trump
— Read on www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/grand-jury-rejection-deals-blow-to-trump/gm-8E2A5B1B43

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Forensics: Talk about pissed off. Trump to speak after Supreme Court struck down global tariffs – follow live – BBC News

The Supreme Court ruled with a 6-3 majority that Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed tariffs via a law reserved for national emergencies.
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/live/c0l9r67drg7t

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Forensics: Looking at fingerprints, firearms and shoe prints for the last 100 years. New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony – Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law

New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony – Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law
— Read on wcsj.law.duke.edu/news/new-database-documents-a-century-of-court-decisions-on-forensic-expert-evidence-testimony/

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