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: 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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Forensics: National Academies of Sciences says no to political demands it remove climate info

State attorneys general won’t get climate chapter removed from a legal manual.
— Read on arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/national-academies-of-sciences-resisting-pressure-to-pull-climate-info/

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Forensics: Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure – The Lancet

Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure – The Lancet
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00414-9/fulltext

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Forensics: Child trafficking in California.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/03/10/governor-gavin-newsom-attorney-general-bonta-37-missing-children-found-in-riverside-county-operation/

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Forensics: Dental misinformation from RFKjr. The lies about fluoridation.

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Forensics: Medicine. Pope has feelings on ‘Mar-a-Lago face.’

‘Political consultant and Letters from Leo editor Christopher Hale says Pope Leo XIV has had it with the Rubbermaid human masks and stretched skin that have drowned the White House in the years since President Donald Trump first slid down an escalator.“In Washington, D.C., plastic surgeons report a s…
— Read on www.alternet.org/pope-leo-donald-trump/

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Forensics: Law. DOJ accused of lying to court about gutting team tasked with combating hate crimes

A former senior career Justice Department official has accused the Trump administration of illegally dismantling the agency’s only office dedicated to preventing hate crimes and community violence, then lying about it to a federal judge.Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), ranking Democrat on the House Judicia…
— Read on www.rawstory.com/pam-bondi-2676090132/

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Forensics: Crime. USDOJ shut down Epstein ranch investigation in 2019. Podcast.

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Forensics: Guess who is winning DOJ dismissals of fraud charges? Pam Bondi’s lawyer brother Brad.

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