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Forensics: Medical Sleuthing Identified the Dangers of Thalidomide | Scientific American
FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham wanted data that would show that thalidomide was safe to use during pregnancy. It wasn’t — Read on http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/medical-sleuthing-identified-the-dangers-of-thalidomide/
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Forensics: Unknown persons sold for profit in Texas. Agencies not reporting to national database. Cut up and leased out – by Max Houck – Forensic Science*
“Just because they don’t have any next of kin doesn’t mean they have no voice.” — Read on maxhouck.substack.com/p/cut-up-and-leased-out
Forensics: Cops immunity wont help this problem. Chicago’s wrongful conviction calamity leaves taxpayers on the hook for a fortune in claims, possibly billions of dollars – ABC7 Chicago
Chicago wrongful conviction settlements could reach the billions of dollars, on top of $750 million for policy brutality and convictions since 2000. — Read on abc7chicago.com/post/chicagos-wrongful-conviction-calamity-leaves-taxpayers-hook-fortune-claims-possibly-billions-dollars/15327607/
Forensics: Article of Interest: Former U.S. Judge Andy Lester Calls on Oklahoma to Implement Reforms to “Badly Broken” Capital Punishment System Before Continuing Executions | Death Penalty Information Center
The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/article-of-interest-former-u-s-judge-andy-lester-calls-on-oklahoma-to-implement-reforms-to-badly-broken-capital-punishment-system-before-continuing-executions
Forensics: Q&A: Is the ‘lung float test’ accurate? Law professor is leading an effort to discredit ‘bad science’
Over the centuries, a flawed and controversial forensics tool known as the “floating lung test” or lung float test has sent innocent women accused of infanticide to the gallows. — Read on phys.org/news/2024-09-qa-lung-accurate-law-professor.html
Forensics: Junk science kills. Texas’ declines to stop execution in Roberson shaken baby syndrome case | The Week
A Texas man lost his final appeal to avoid execution, based on a conviction his lawyers say is based on debunked junk science. — Read on theweek.com/law/texas-execution-shaken-baby-syndrome
Forensics: Costs of bad convictions. this one is $50M.
This US state is approaching $1B in exon awards over 2 decades. https://chicagocrusader.com/wrongfully-convicted-man-awarded-over-50m-in-federal-court/
Forensics: When science is overwhelmed by cult believers pushing their beliefs. Read about bitemark matching in East Indian “crime fighting” dentists.
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A Forensic Tragedy: Texas Man Faced Execution Based on Junk Shaken Baby Myth
After Roberson’s conviction, the DA “expert” recanted his opinion that the baby’s death was a homicide. Kudos to Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith for this investigative journalism in The Intercept. The TX AG Paxton refuses to apply the Tx Junk … Continue reading
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