Category Archives: AAFS

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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Forensics: Coming to your next townhall meeting. The FBI already squashed free speech at the latest American Academy of Forensic Sciences. They intimidated its BOD and president to block a forensic lecture titled “Taking on the FBI.” 🧪 That’s what Defence Attorneys are supposed to do. Sound fishy?

Posted on February 24, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Why tRumps DOJ continues to mess up forensic improvement and distorts justice. This is from his first term in 2017.

Posted on February 23, 2025 by csidds
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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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