Category Archives: AAFS

Forensics: The 40 year history of cheating police crime lab “scientists” in the US. No oversight from lab directors. The latest case has CBI chief being allowed to retire. Chilling.

Posted on March 16, 2025 by csidds

https://denvergazette.com/colorado-watch/drug-laboratory-irregularities-massachusetts-oklahoma/article_edd6fe4a-0069-11f0-8fc1-bf081f5d30ff.html

Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, Bitemarks, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, death penalty, DNA profiling, Exoneration costs, Forensic crime lab security issues, forensic science misconduct, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Forensics: Faulty expert testimony and inaccurate cop investigation leads to $25M payout. 30 years in prison

Posted on March 13, 2025 by csidds

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/investigations/former-investigator-co-defendant-speak-trial-wrongful-conviction/3519023/

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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

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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

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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
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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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Indigenous families experience homicides TEN TIMES HiGHER than the general population.

Posted on March 2, 2025 by csidds

https://www.threads.net/@kelseycombe/post/DGs2_LkOyzr?xmt=AQGzF2U0ovQ3PLh4OAPaGsT8u9bmcccTat_6ZbtsQ7ZHBQ

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Forensics: More opines on The Hackman deaths.

Posted on March 1, 2025 by csidds
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