Category Archives: costs of wrongful convictions

Junk Forensics: What If the Worst Crime Imaginable Never Happened? | The New Republic

Posted on March 24, 2023 by csidds

Fabricated bitemark evidence sent him to death row. Another victim of the notorious Michael West. Jimmie Duncan is on death row in Louisiana based on fraudulent science—but that might not matter if the state’s governorship flips this fall. — Read … Continue reading →

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Forensics: False positives. Rhode Island Department of Health Forensic Chemistry Lab Contamination Investigation

Posted on March 18, 2023 by csidds

Authorities are reviewing hundreds of test results at the Rhode Island Department of Health lab over concerns they could have been contaminated, the state’s… — Read on http://www.necn.com/news/local/hundreds-of-cases-under-review-after-potential-contamination-at-ri-forensics-lab/2947766/

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Forensics: The fight for exoneration: Over 29,100 years ‘lost’ in prison in wrongful convictions, database finds

Posted on March 18, 2023 by csidds

Over 29,100 years have been ‘lost’ in prison due to wrongful convictions, as Sidney Holmes’ 400-year prison sentence garners attention amid his exoneration. — Read on abcnews.go.com/US/fight-exoneration-29100-years-lost-prison-wrongful-convictions/story

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Forensics: Crime Lab supervisors missed 30,000 faked Massachusetts reports.

Posted on March 15, 2023 by csidds

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/criminal-justice/the-problem-isnt-just-a-few-bad-apples/

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Forensics: Lie detection tests have worked the same way for 3,000 years – and they’re still hopelessly inaccurate

Posted on March 7, 2023 by csidds

Most methods for detecting lies actually detect signs of stress – which makes them extremely unreliable. — Read on theconversation.com/lie-detection-tests-have-worked-the-same-way-for-3-000-years-and-theyre-still-hopelessly-inaccurate-200741

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Forensics: False guilty pleas and marginalized defendants. New wrongful convictions database spurs hope of reforms, change in Canada

Posted on February 21, 2023 by csidds

As the database launches there are 83 cases in it where a conviction was overturned, with only 16 of them involved Indigenous people. — Read on globalnews.ca/news/9499324/wrongful-convictions-database-reforms-change-canada/

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Forensics: “Cargo Cult”experts. We Need To Get Junk Science Out of Courtrooms

Posted on January 22, 2023 by csidds

Forensic pseudoscience introduced into the courtroom has been used to convict and render death on people based on the thinnest of evidence. — Read on http://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/01/we-need-to-get-junk-science-out-of-courtrooms

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Forensics: Biases and Tunnel Vision. Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats | Science

Posted on January 20, 2023 by csidds

Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats | Science | AAAS — Read on http://www.science.org/content/article/unlucky-numbers-fighting-murder-convictions-rest-shoddy-stats

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Forensics: Alabama Supreme Court Eliminates Critical Safeguard Against Wrongful Convictions in Death Penalty Cases

Posted on January 18, 2023 by csidds

Alabama Supreme Court Eliminates Critical Safeguard Against Wrongful Convictions in Death Penalty Cases — Read on eji.org/news/alabama-supreme-court-eliminates-critical-safeguard-against-wrongful-convictions-in-death-penalty-cases/

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Forensics: Prosecutor wants a news gag order. Court to decide whether to release Sask. Saulteaux sisters during wrongful conviction review of murder case

Posted on January 16, 2023 by csidds

Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance, who have spent 30 years in prison for a crime they say they didn’t commit, are hoping to obtain conditional freedom as the federal government reviews their second-degree murder convictions. — Read on http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/quewezance-sisters-judicial-review-hearing-second-degree-murder-1.6709406

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