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

Forensics: Police crime labs in CO will be forced to report errors in analyses to prevent coverups.

Posted on February 21, 2025 by csidds
Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, forensic fraud, forensic science misconduct, forensic testimony, human rights violations | Leave a comment

Forensics: 🧪 New York taxpayers pay a huge price for police malfeasance. Who is gonna fix it? The mayor?

Posted on February 19, 2025 by csidds

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-paid-more-than-200-million-to-settle-police-misconduct-lawsuits-in-2024-report

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Forensics: What happens when a police crime lab scientist goes rogue. Defense attorneys forced to litigate each case. It takes years.

Posted on February 18, 2025 by csidds

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/denver-lawyer-client-prove-wrongful-conviction-forensic-analyst-missy-woods-arrest-mishandling-dna/

Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, Civil rights, Crime lab scandal, criminal justice reform, DNA profiling, forensic science misconduct, forensic testimony, junk forensic science, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Forensics: The long road for exonorees demanding compensation for years in prison. Oregon AG denies 40 innocence claims.

Posted on February 18, 2025 by csidds

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/02/18/oregon-wrongful-convictions-bipartisan-bill-exonerated-exoneree-crime-justice/

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Forensics: 🧪 Police misconduct settlements reaches $107.5M in 2024. Taxpayers on the hook for it.

Posted on February 16, 2025 by csidds

https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_94595428-eb22-11ef-8a89-d388139ed6ad.html

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🧪Forensics: Typical dispute on “who is an expert?” Ex cop opposing a trained ER doc. Will judge allow second ‘dog bite’ expert to testify in the Read case?

Posted on February 14, 2025 by csidds

Bwww.patriotledger.com/story/news/courts/2025/02/13/karen-read-trial-dog-bite-expert-testimony/78528773007/

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🧪Forensics: CT paying out 8 wrongful convictions all in one month! Police methods got the wrong suspects.

Posted on February 14, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: When your fame and fortune as “The Godfather” of everything forensic takes a deep dive.

Posted on February 13, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Medical review of child skin injuries. The bitemarkers have never referenced them and probably don’t know they even exist.

Posted on February 13, 2025 by csidds

https://www.pediatric.theclinics.com/article/S0031-3955(25)00004-5/abstract

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Forensics: Comic books. Somewhat funny tactic to teach juries about science. Those of us who testify as experts talk too fast, use fancy tech words, and archaic language.

Posted on February 12, 2025 by csidds

🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2025/02/11/comics-help-jurors-understand-forensic-testimony-new-study-finds/

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