Category Archives: Bitemarks

Forensics: appeals court finds gun forensic method is not ‘scientifically valid’

Posted on June 20, 2025 by csidds

Subjectivity in bullet casing matching method is not based on scientific proof. Bitemark opinions are no better. An Oregon appeals court found that the AFTE gun forensics method in cases involving shootings is not “scientifically valid” and could change how … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Junk bitemark expert’s reign of terror leads to 9th case overturned. DA still demands execution.

Posted on April 26, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Junk bitemark expert’s reign of terror leads to 9th case overturned. DA still demands execution.

Posted on April 26, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Bitemarkers are desperate to prove their myth of individualizing perps from front teeth by scanning 100 test subjects.

Posted on March 23, 2025 by csidds

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40116296/

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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

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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

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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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