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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: $11M spent to correct. Former Colorado crime lab scientist pleads not guilty to mishandling evidence.
Prosecutors filed 102 charges against former analyst Yvonne Woods after an internal investigation uncovered irregularities that called into question a decade’s worth of test results.
— Read on www.courthousenews.com/former-colorado-crime-lab-scientist-pleads-not-guilty-to-mishandling-evidence/
Forensics: Digital. How the FBI might have gotten inaccessible camera footage from Nancy Guthrie’s house : NPR
Last week, law enforcement said video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera was overwritten. But the FBI has since released footage as Guthrie still has not been found.
— Read on www.npr.org/2026/02/12/nx-s1-5711620/nancy-guthrie-video-footage-fbi
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Forensics: “Not famous.” Some Missing Seniors Get Headlines. Others Get Silence.
LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Feb. 3 came and went as Missing Persons Day, and in Michigan, the number of missing seniors may be relatively
— Read on www.michigannewssource.com/2026/02/some-missing-seniors-get-headlines-others-get-silence/
Forensics: Tainted Testimony: Discredited FBI bullet analysis freed one man while leaving another behind bars.
Decades after the FBI discontinued the use of controversial forensic science, there’s a push to review past convictions
— Read on www.kxii.com/2026/02/09/tainted-testimony-discredited-fbi-bullet-analysis-freed-one-man-while-leaving-another-behind-bars/
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/
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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
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