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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: 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
Forensics: Crime. Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at High School ICE Protest
The armed and masked off-duty Phoenix, Arizona, cop said he wanted to get kids at a high school ICE protest arrested.
— Read on theintercept.com/2026/04/15/high-school-ice-protest-arizona-armed-cop/
Forensics: Science. Replication is nearly impossible. The Ethics of Junk Science: It’s Time for a Reboot
Science is supposed to be self-correcting. That mechanism is broken.
— Read on petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2026/04/15/the-ethics-of-junk-science-its-time-for-a-reboot/
Forensics: Law. Key Trump lawyer who tried to overturn 2020 election permanently disbarred – Democracy Docket
The California Supreme Court permanently disbarred John Eastman — a key architect in President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election — delivering one of the most consequential professional penalties yet for an election denier.
— Read on www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/key-trump-lawyer-who-tried-to-overturn-2020-election-permanently-disbarred/
Forensics: Law. Fired career DOJ prosecutor in Mich. abortion clinic case speaks out. Protected access to reproductive services.
Her firing came one day before Trump’s DOJ released a scathing take on Biden’s DOJ.
— Read on www.aol.com/articles/fired-doj-prosecutor-mich-abortion-220145504.html
Forensics: Junk Science. Jimmy Genrich’s 1993 Murder Charges Dismissed – Innocence Project
Mr. Genrich has spent 34 years wrongfully convicted of murder based on invalidated toolmark evidence, and now remains incarcerated on lesser charges due to a filing deadline technicality.
— Read on innocenceproject.org/news/jimmy-genrichs-1993-murder-charges-dismissed/
Forensics: Toolmark “matching to the exclusion of all other tools” takes a hike. DA files motion to dismiss murder charges in 1991 pipe bombings
The Mesa County district attorney is moving to dismiss murder charges against the man who was convicted of killing two people in a series of 1991 Grand Junction pipe bombings rather than go to a retrial.
— Read on www.denver7.com/news/local-news/mesa-county-da-files-motion-to-dismiss-murder-charges-against-man-convicted-in-1991-pipe-bombings
Forensics: Justice. Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated black man
A New Orleans man exonerated after serving nearly 30 years in prison has a new fight on his hands
— Read on abcnews.com/US/wireStory/louisiana-gop-races-eliminate-elected-office-won-exonerated-131893449
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