Category Archives: AAFS

Forensics: Largest in Calif history. Man freed after 38 years of imprisonment settles for $25 million

Posted on September 24, 2025 by csidds

Maurice Hastings, 70, who spent 38 years in prison before being found factually innocent, accepted a $25-million settlement from the city of Inglewood. — Read on http://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-24/man-freed-after-38-years-of-imprisonment-settles-for-25-million-in-wrongful-conviction-lawsuit

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Forensics: Incredible story of mistakes and lies used to convict. Plus a forensic quack. Oregon police, forensics lab actions result in $14 million payout for Coos County man

Posted on September 23, 2025 by csidds

Oregon police, forensics lab actions result in $14 million payout for Coos County man – OPB — Read on http://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/22/oregon-police-crime-coos-county-nicholas-mcguffin-lawsuit/

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Forensics: Methylation of DNA indicates age of human remains. From Argentina to NJIT: Fulbright Scholar Tackles Forensic Cases of the Unidentified

Posted on September 20, 2025 by csidds

From Argentina to NJIT: Fulbright Scholar Tackles Forensic Cases of the Unidentified — Read on news.njit.edu/argentina-njit-fulbright-scholar-tackles-forensic-cases-unidentified

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Forensics: Renamed to hide a history of false claims. Junk Science and a Fragile Baby.

Posted on September 19, 2025 by csidds

Junk Science and a Fragile Baby, by Lenore Skenazy | Creators Syndicate — Read on http://www.creators.com/read/lenore-skenazy/09/25/junk-science-and-a-fragile-baby

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Forensics: Forensic expert blows lid on Charlie Kirk suspect’s peculiar final text exchange with lover | Daily Mail Online

Posted on September 18, 2025 by csidds

The bombshell texts between Tyler Robinson and his transgender partner showed the alleged assassin admitted to shooting Charlie Kirk because he ‘had enough of his hatred.’ — Read on http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15108709/Tyler-Robinson-text.html

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Forensics: Junk Bite mark testimony sent Alabama man to prison for life. Now the expert says he was wrong – al.com

Posted on September 10, 2025 by csidds

Alabama’s AG Steve Marshall would retry the Salem witch case and find them guilty. Bite mark testimony sent Alabama man to prison for life. Now the expert says he was wrong – al.com — Read on http://www.al.com/news/2025/09/bite-mark-testimony-sent-alabama-man-to-prison-for-life-now-the-expert-says-he-was-wrong.html

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Forensics: Non-forensic lawyers in charge. Watchdog fails wrongly convicted owing to lack of forensic expertise, experts say | Criminal Cases Review Commission | The Guardian

Posted on September 8, 2025 by csidds

Criminal Cases Review Commission faces criticism over its handling of several high-profile cases — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep/07/watchdog-fails-wrongly-convicted-prisoners-lack-forensic-expertise-experts-say

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Forensics: Junk science provider RFK Jr. Lies About Mifepristone…Again

Posted on September 6, 2025 by csidds

The Quickie: RFK Jr. Lies About Mifepristone…Again — Read on http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/tipsheets/the-quickie-rfk-jr-lies-about-mifepristone-again

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Forensics: Investigators reveal full strength of Kohberger DNA evidence: ‘amazing’

Posted on September 6, 2025 by csidds

Genetic genealogy traced DNA from the Idaho murders crime scene to Bryan Kohberger’s family tree as investigators raced to identify a suspect in the case. — Read on http://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-killer-left-behind-catastrophic-evidence-fast-tracked-his-capture-investigators-reveal

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Forensics: DNA from rootless hair. Gilgo Beach killings: Judge allows cutting-edge DNA technology in case against suspect Rex Heuermann | CNN

Posted on September 4, 2025 by csidds

Evidence derived from cutting-edge DNA technology that prosecutors say points directly at Rex Heuermann being the Gilgo Beach serial killer will be admissible at his trial, a Suffolk County judge ruled Wednesday. — Read on http://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/us/gilgo-beach-rex-heuermann-dna-ruling

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