Category Archives: Bitemarks

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

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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: Medical review of child skin injuries. The bitemarkers have never referenced them and probably don’t know they even exist.

Posted on February 13, 2025 by csidds

https://www.pediatric.theclinics.com/article/S0031-3955(25)00004-5/abstract

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Forensic pathology: When doggies bite, who did it? 🧪

Posted on February 1, 2025 by csidds

Forensic pathology: When doggies bite, who did it? 🧪 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073825000301

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Forensics: Welcome to the world of justice delayed and wrongful convictions. Forensic science failures persist as labs fail to adopt standards

Posted on November 18, 2024 by csidds

Forensic science has deadly stakes, but half of the largest labs in the U.S. haven’t adopted federal standards, including for DNA tests and guns. — Read on http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/11/18/forensic-science-crime-lab-police-dna-test/75823347007/

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Forensics Tell this to the bitemark supporters in the US Department of Justice and the #AAFS. The Law Must Respond when Science Changes | Scientific American

Posted on November 4, 2024 by csidds

The first org only hires bitemarkers of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. What was once fair under the law may become unfair when science changes. The law must react to uphold due process — Read on http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-law-must-respond-when-science-changes/

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Forensics: Incompetent hair analysis led to 8 executions and hundreds of convictions. Virginia Crime Commission recommends deeper review of Mary Jane Burton’s work | VPM

Posted on October 25, 2024 by csidds

A panel of experts could determine if “pattern of misconduct” occurred. — Read on http://www.vpm.org/news/2024-10-24/mary-jane-burton-admissible-scott-surovell-virginia-dna-testing

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Forensics: More worthless studies on gender IDs from lip prints and tongue shapes. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

Posted on October 20, 2024 by csidds

My critiques of bitemarks and similar pseudoscience practitioners got me banned from LinkedIn, the editorial board of the J of Forensics Sciences, and working for the US Department of Justice. How’s that for the “cancel culture” inside forensic science? My … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Migrant minors wrongly sent to adult detention due to scam X-rays.

Posted on October 3, 2024 by csidds

The misuse of dental and medical “science” for police purposes in the US. Civil rights groups file a complaint for federal agencies to disclose info about discredited scientific methods used to determine minors’ age — Read on prismreports.org/2024/10/02/migrant-minors-sent-to-adult-detention/

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Forensics: When science is overwhelmed by cult believers pushing their beliefs. Read about bitemark matching in East Indian “crime fighting” dentists.

Posted on September 14, 2024 by csidds

ijetv.org/index.php/IJETV/article/download/1180/766

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