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LA Sheriff Villanueva destroyed fotos. Forensic Expert’s Blunt Opinion Sheds New Suspicion In Kobe Bryant Crash Trial
A forensic expert in the Kobe trial has come forward with more damning testimony against LA County officials, this time concerning the handling of evidence. — Read on http://www.nickiswift.com/969677/forensic-experts-blunt-opinion-sheds-new-suspicion-in-kobe-bryant-crash-trial/
Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, Crime, Crime lab scandal
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Forensics: Exploding the myth of CSI heroes who are really villains. How fake science corrupts criminal justice
In 1992, Eddie Lee Howard, a poor black man, was accused of murdering an 84-year-old woman in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Howard had a solid alibi, and the state had no concrete evidence against him. In the original autopsy, the assigned … Continue reading
Forensics: Unspeakable. Kids-for-cash judges ordered to pay more than $200M
Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in … Continue reading
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Forensics: Jokes on him. Nassau Executive Blasts Bail Reform, Data Shows Few Are Re-Arrested
On him. As Nassau Executive Blasts Bail Reform, Data Shows Few Are Re-Arrested – East Meadow, NY – Data from the NCPD shows that 87 percent of people arrested last quarter were released without bail. But few went on to … Continue reading
Forensics: WTF? Criminal Justice Reform Advocate Adam Foss Indicted on Rape and Sex Abuse Charges
Adam Foss was honored as the Nelson Mandela Changemaker of the Year in 2017 — the same year he’s accused of raping a woman in a NY hotel room. — Read on http://www.insider.com/criminal-justice-reform-advocate-raping-woman-while-she-slept-2022-8
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Forensics: “Bitemark testimony harmless error.” Texas Prepares to Execute Man Whose Conviction Relied on Discredited Forensics
A death-row prisoner whose conviction prosecutors obtained with discredited forensic testimony is set to be executed in Texas on August 17, 2022.… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/texas-prepares-to-execute-man-whose-conviction-relied-on-discredited-forensics
Forensics: “Gun broke during testing.”Alec Baldwin’s Lawyer Responds to FBI Forensic Report Concluding He May Have Pulled Trigger in ‘Rust’ Shooting
The bombshell report determined the gun used onset could not have fired without someone pulling the trigger. — Read on http://www.etonline.com/alec-baldwins-lawyer-responds-to-fbi-forensic-report-concluding-he-may-have-pulled-trigger-in-rust
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Forensics: No privacy for newborns. Police Used a Baby’s DNA to Investigate Its Father for a Crime |
Small pinpricks of blood are used to screen newborns for serious health conditions—but this genetic data can have legal uses too. — Read on http://www.wired.com/story/police-used-a-babys-dna-to-investigate-its-father-for-a-crime/
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Forensics: Document recovery. Meet the guys who tape Trump’s papers back together
The president’s unofficial ‘filing system’ involves tearing up documents into pieces, even when they’re supposed to be preserved. — Read on http://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164
Forensics: After decades. L.A. sheriff’s deputy charged with sexually assaulting four girls, ages 7 to 13
A grand jury indicted a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy on charges of sexually assaulting four girls in a case that prosecutors had declined to pursue a — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/l-sheriffs-deputy-charged-sexually-assaulting-four-girls-ages-7-13-rcna42675
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