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Monthly Archives: May 2018
Anti-Sherlockian forensic pathologist’s claims runneth over the edge.
This fellow Thomas Young surely has adopted a self-assured confidence in areas of creationism and child abuse. One judge took him apart for being “a team of one.” His anti-deductive ramble about Sherlock Holmes published in Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/201805/sherlocks-curse Then … Continue reading
Forensics: Two-timing Prosecutors and Cops misuse of science in the quest for convictions
The cases keep coming back on appeal, the stories are horrific, and the people responsible for railroading the innocent keep their jobs. All deny making mistakes and claim to be pursuing “justice.” The damage caused by the bitemark dentists continues … Continue reading
Forensics: RAND study says pre-arrest forensics usually ignored
This data driven look at governmental says the use of physical evidence before arrest is lacking. Testing happening after arrest is not considered independent and is used merely to confirm prosecutorial conclusions. Some may be shocked at this The authors have … Continue reading
Team Kunco in Pennsylvania – Fighting junk science with DNA and scientific advances.
Fighting for John Kunco’s freedom. These attorneys never give up. Today’s hearing in PA should bring John home. Decades of effort to arrive at this point. Another ridiculous bitemark case emerges into public view after 30+ years
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The False Forensics Trail of Tears: John Kunco and the bitemarkers in Pennsylvania
When DNA is missed by law enforcement, DAs use the lies of bitemark advocates to convict. These dentists have known for decades that their bitemark testimony regarding human identification was unproven. They didn’t care in the John Junco 1991 conviction, … Continue reading
Hazards to Justice: False convictions and plea bargains
This author contrasts the criminal justice “system” with other societal systems in regards to accidents and mishaps. Plane crashes are studied much more than wrongful convictions and plea bargains. Seems odd, but remember lawyers and judges cloak themselves with their … Continue reading
More judges and DAs bail on opportunity to exclude bitemarkers “identification” bogus opinions.
Who ever said science and law have a common ground of knowledge? Not in this case and others still pending with lawyers arguing guilt is proven by practitioners of their unsubstantiated offerings of “medical certainty.” https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2018/05/ross-bite-mark-appeal-rejected/
Forensics: Police infiltrating commercial DNA labs in 100s of manhunts
DNA Data From 100 Crime Scenes Has Been Uploaded To A Genealogy Website — Just Like The Golden State Killer https://www.buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/parabon-genetic-genealogy-cold-cases?utm_term=.xvoZq8dMRa#.ds4w6gYQNl
Another exoneration from a bitemark conviction is pending. Court hearing next week.
John Kunco in Pennsylvania has local and Innocence Project attorneys arguing for his release on May 23. His possible exoneration could bring the number of men released from false science testimony of bitemarkers to 31 cases. http://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/13657991-74/lawyers-say-new-dna-evidence-proves-john-kunco-innocent-of-new-kensington Backstory on Kunco.
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