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Dr. Michael Bowers is a long time forensic consultant in the US and international court systems.

Forensics: From our archive. How so-called forensic examiners say their beliefs are “scientific.” This story shows a bitemarker saying his opinion is better than DNA. He speculated one person made the bite and someone else then spit on it.

Posted on March 12, 2025 by csidds

https://csidds.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/bite-mark-expert-defends-his-methods-as-good-for-the-court-system-without-scientific-validation/?preview=true

Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, Forensic Dentistry, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Forensics: Faked junk bitemark testimony by discredited dentist may lead to first execution in LA since 2010. Governor and AG could care less. Unbelievable.

Posted on March 11, 2025 by csidds

The legacy of bitemark quackery is horrendous. This dentist has had 7 of his cases overturned on appeal. https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jimmie-duncan-bite-mark-analysis-death-row-junk-science

Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bitemarks, costs of wrongful convictions, death penalty, Forensic Dentistry, forensic evidence exaggeration, forensic science misconduct, police crime labs, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Forensics: Faking crime scene records by forensic “scientists” in DC. 700 cases. Defense attorneys were eventually notified by prosecutors.

Posted on March 11, 2025 by csidds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/11/crime-scene-lab-forensic-inspector-general-falsifying/

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Forensics: Identifying a missing child 29 years later. Genetic DNA.

Posted on March 9, 2025 by csidds

https://vt.co/news/us/girl-who-disappeared-without-a-trace-as-a-two-year-old-26-years-ago-found-alive

Posted in AAFS, DNA profiling, missing persons, namus | Leave a comment

Trumps’ DC AG threatens Georgetown Law school for teaching civil rights in its curriculum. Next stop will be a constitutional law ban. The AG is going after a school for lawyers! How stupid is THAT.

Posted on March 7, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Video look at a crime lab tech who is charged w 102 counts of fakery and 10,000 cases to review.

Posted on March 6, 2025 by csidds
Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice reform, DNA mixtures, Exoneration costs, forensic fraud, forensic science misconduct, junk forensic science | Leave a comment

Forensics: its faster to use a judge to gain innocence rather than use a DA conviction integrity unit. DAs tout how good they are. They are not.

Posted on March 6, 2025 by csidds

https://nysfocus.com/2025/03/06/wrongful-conviction-district-attorney-new-york-exoneration

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Forensics: New laws force full Discovery in criminal cases. In some states. Recent cases of dishonest convictions have dropped in New York

Posted on March 5, 2025 by csidds

. https://innocenceproject.org/discovery-reform-is-under-attack-8-key-facts-you-need-to-know/

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Forensics: Anthropologists call out the American Academy of Forensic Sciences for ignoring racial inequities. Powerful.

Posted on March 5, 2025 by csidds

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/forensic-anthropology-advocacy-activism-dei/

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Forensics: A deep look at the junk vaccine study used by RFKJr and Covid deniers to lie about autism link. Worth a read.

Posted on March 5, 2025 by csidds
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