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Forensics: Sentenced to death, but innocent: These are stories of justice gone wrong. National Geographic @The_AAFS
In depth discussion and interviews. Includes Ray Krone who was put on death row by AAFS/ABFO bite dentist, Ray Rawson. The DA in his case spent $50K for the dental expert. The defense got $1500. Ray’s family petitioned the ABFO … Continue reading
Forensics: Bitemark believer at the #AAFS2021 online conference carries on the myth.
Reading Richard Souviron always leaves me confused. What the heck. Is he saying bitemark patterns are still reliable means to direct the police investigations? I think so. What’s the error rate regarding your personal selection from your personal casework? 100%? … Continue reading
Forensics: Junk psychology “experts” at the center of Texas and the Racist Machinery of Death
Very good read by Jordan Smith. You can add the ABFO bitemarkers to this list of experts enabling the death penalty in TX and elsewhere. In his new book, journalist Maurice Chammah explores the rise and fall of capital punishment … Continue reading
Forensics: Donald Trump, the DOJ, and forensics: the administration snuck in one last push for junk science in courts.
Apparently, high-school science is beyond the ken of these law school geniuses at the DOJ. They quack like little lame 🦆ies. Donald Trump, the DOJ, and forensics: the administration snuck in one last push for junk science in courts. — … Continue reading
Forensics: How Flawed Science of Bite-Mark Analysis Imprisoned a Man for Murder
A wide open look at the face of junk forensics from 2015. The bitemarkers now claim they are “new and improved.” They certainly will argue that myth at upcoming evidentiary hearings in 2 southern states of the US. It is … Continue reading
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Forensics: Round 2 soon coming your way. Council Concludes Bite-Mark Analysis Is Junk – The Intercept
This is from 2016. Then Trump eviscerated forensic science reform. Prosecutors, some crime lab ppl, and the FBI (Lynch and Sessions) all personally attacked the Obama admin’s (including Eric Lander and the “activist and conflicted” Innocence Project) multiple science commissions … Continue reading
Forensics: @WHOSTP45 | Bill Richards bogus ABFO bitemark case leads to California Senator Taking on Wrongful Convictions and Forensics in Reform Bill
A “one tooth” bitemark “match” from an ABFO/AAFS bitemarker led to Bill’s 26 years in jail and prison. A Texas upper court has just stayed a Jan 21 2021 execution of Blaine Milam based on a “3 tooth” bitemark ID … Continue reading
Forensics: Will the Return of Science Reinvigorate Forensics Reform? Yeah Jordan Smith!
Guess who is on the junk science list? The ABFO/AAFS bitemarkers. Eric Lander, Biden’s pick for top science adviser, co-authored a damning report on the faulty forensic practices behind hundreds of wrongful convictions. — Read on theintercept.com/2021/01/22/biden-forensic-science-eric-lander/
Forensics: Biden Must Put The Science Back Into Forensic Science – ABFO/AAFS bitemarkers get humiliated
This article comes out swinging at junk forensics. The ABFO comes up immediately. Of course. Some of these guys have been officers of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Medical Examiner certification demands ABFOers be employed or consulted in dental … Continue reading
Forensics: Illegal media streaming. Ghislaine Maxwell court hearing disrupted by apparent QAnon followers | Ghislaine Maxwell | The Guardian
Reminds me when 7 attending abfo bitemarkers recorded an Alabama court hearing on a bitemark murder case. While I was testifying for the defense. Death penalty proceedings. There was one mad judge when it was discovered during a break. One … Continue reading
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