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

Forensics: Major reason DEI attempts to correct law enforcement and judicial injustices.

Posted on April 12, 2025 by csidds

https://eji.org/news/black-americans-nearly-eight-times-more-likely-to-be-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder/

Posted in Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice, Exoneration costs, forensic fraud, Forensic Science Bias, Forensic science misconduct, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Forensics: Why firearm opinions are subjective. Its not like CSI TV shows. In fact, its hard to call it a science.

Posted on April 11, 2025 by csidds

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1556-4029.70047?af=R

Posted in AAFS, criminal justice, CSI, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science reform, Medical errors, police crime labs | Leave a comment

Forensics: Conviction frame-up leads to big civil award. DA hid evidence.

Posted on April 10, 2025 by csidds

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2025/04/09/john-walker-jr-awarded-28m-after-wrongful-conviction-buffalo-new-york/83002812007/

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Forensics: High murder rates, cheating cops, and reluctant judges lead to bad results. DAs guard against new evidence “like Spartans defending Thermopylae.”

Posted on April 8, 2025 by csidds
Posted in Bad Forensic Science, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, Exoneration costs, forensic fraud, Forensic science misconduct, human rights violations, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Forensics: Trump using junk science to ferret out disloyalty in his minions.

Posted on April 6, 2025 by csidds

https://futurism.com/trump-polygraph-lie-detector-leak

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Forensics: The long road to ID unknown remains in the US. 11,000 bodies need attention.

Posted on April 6, 2025 by csidds

https://www.startribune.com/forensic-anthropologist-minnesota-cold-case-unidentified-remains/601322975

Posted in DNA profiling, Forensic Science, human identification, missing persons | Leave a comment

Forensics: Over charging for crimes, its cost and ineffectiveness in a “tough on crime” state. Cops being overwhelmed by new laws.

Posted on April 4, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: BS crime testing for arson leads to mom being charged with murder. Famed arson scientist John Lentini now on her case. Junk forensics is endemic in the US.

Posted on April 3, 2025 by csidds

https://theintercept.com/2025/03/31/florida-michelle-taylor-arson-fire-murder-trial/

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Forensics: Despite holding the record for exonerations from its death row. FL adds to factors allowing for death sentences.

Posted on April 2, 2025 by csidds
Posted in Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, death penalty, Exoneration costs | Leave a comment

Forensics: Independent review of autopsy counters TX plan for execution. Junk forensic science sent him to death row.

Posted on April 1, 2025 by csidds
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