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: 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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Forensics: Deposition video. How DOGE staffers identified DEI programs for defunded government instittitional research and programs. They used ChatGPT.

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Forensics: Civil Rights Disturbing Texts From Turning Point USA College President Exposed As He Is Forced To Resign

FIU Turning Point USA president resigns after leaked WhatsApp chats revealed racist, antisemitic, and homophobic messages shared with other conservative campus leaders. . Society
— Read on www.boredpanda.com/turning-point-usa-florida-international-university-president-resign-leaked-chats/

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Forensics: Crime. Texas Mother Is Exonerated After 22 Years for a Crime That Never Happened – Innocence Project

Texas Mother Is Exonerated After 22 Years for a Crime That Never Happened – Innocence Project
— Read on innocenceproject.org/news/carmen-mejia-exonerated-texas-22-years/

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Forensics: Tattoo and DNA. Investigators close in on Guthrie suspect

Investigators close in on Guthrie suspect
— Read on www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/investigators-close-in-on-guthrie-suspect/gm-GMFE54C8F6

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Forensics: Prisons. At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, Mother Jones

Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.
— Read on www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/at-largest-ice-detention-camp-staff-bet-on-detainee-suicides-ap-reports/

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