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Forensics: Evidence. ChatGPT Confessed to a Crime It Couldn’t Possibly Commit
A renown criminologist’s experiment with ChatGPT demonstrates the destructive power of police to elicit false confessions. — Read on theintercept.com/2026/04/23/chatgpt-ai-false-confession-interrogation-crime/
Forensics: Abusive litigation. Office of Public Affairs | Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering
Paying whistleblowers infiltrating hate groups is not a crime. The feds do it all the time. Office of Public Affairs | Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering … Continue reading
Forensics: Obscenity opinion of a cop led to this. The Short, Ridiculous Trial of a Protestor Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume
An Alabama cop who confronted the No Kings protester claimed she posed a risk to public safety. The judge was unconvinced. — Read on theintercept.com/2026/04/22/renea-gamble-trial-penis-costume-no-kings-protest/
Forensics: The Shaken Baby Curse. Man sentenced to prison 26 years ago in infant’s death has case dismissed
A Denver man serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing a 4-month-old baby had his case dismissed on Tuesday due to new evidence that concluded the infant died of severe lung disease. — Read on http://www.denver7.com/news/front-range/denver/denver-man-sentenced-to-prison-26-years-ago-in-death-of-4-month-old-has-conviction-erased
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Forensics: Prosecutor Misconduct. Penis costume protester prevails in court.
Alabama officers said the woman’s costume created a public safety threat and arrested her at an October “No Kings” rally. — Read on http://www.courthousenews.com/penis-costume-protester-prevails-in-court/
Forensics: Hate. A MAGA Influencer Targeted a West Hollywood Family. One Husband Is Now Facing a Felony.
A MAGA influencer targeted a West Hollywood couple with their baby, claimed to be from CNN, and left one husband facing a felony. Their full account. WEHOonline — Read on wehoonline.com/maga-influencer-west-hollywood-baby-confrontation/
Forensics: Medicine. Tribal and Rural Healthcare at Risk in Oklahoma Gov. Stitt’s Attack on Medicaid
Tribal and Rural Healthcare at Risk in Oklahoma Gov. Stitt’s Attack on Medicaid – Native News Online — Read on nativenewsonline.net/opinion/tribal-and-rural-healthcare-at-risk-in-oklahoma-gov-stitts-attack-on-medicaid/
Forensics: Crime. Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at High School ICE Protest
The armed and masked off-duty Phoenix, Arizona, cop said he wanted to get kids at a high school ICE protest arrested. — Read on theintercept.com/2026/04/15/high-school-ice-protest-arizona-armed-cop/
Forensics: Law. Fired career DOJ prosecutor in Mich. abortion clinic case speaks out. Protected access to reproductive services.
Her firing came one day before Trump’s DOJ released a scathing take on Biden’s DOJ. — Read on http://www.aol.com/articles/fired-doj-prosecutor-mich-abortion-220145504.html
Forensics: Junk Science. Jimmy Genrich’s 1993 Murder Charges Dismissed – Innocence Project
Mr. Genrich has spent 34 years wrongfully convicted of murder based on invalidated toolmark evidence, and now remains incarcerated on lesser charges due to a filing deadline technicality. — Read on innocenceproject.org/news/jimmy-genrichs-1993-murder-charges-dismissed/