Category Archives: costs of wrongful convictions

Forensics: 🧪 New York taxpayers pay a huge price for police malfeasance. Who is gonna fix it? The mayor?

Posted on February 19, 2025 by csidds

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-paid-more-than-200-million-to-settle-police-misconduct-lawsuits-in-2024-report

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Forensics: The long road for exonorees demanding compensation for years in prison. Oregon AG denies 40 innocence claims.

Posted on February 18, 2025 by csidds

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/02/18/oregon-wrongful-convictions-bipartisan-bill-exonerated-exoneree-crime-justice/

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Forensics: 🧪 Police misconduct settlements reaches $107.5M in 2024. Taxpayers on the hook for it.

Posted on February 16, 2025 by csidds

https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_94595428-eb22-11ef-8a89-d388139ed6ad.html

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Forensics: When your fame and fortune as “The Godfather” of everything forensic takes a deep dive.

Posted on February 13, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Critics of FBI forensic methods face blowback from government censorship at annual conference.

Posted on February 6, 2025 by csidds

https://theintercept.com/2025/02/06/fbi-academy-forensic-science-law-enforcement/

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A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias.

Posted on February 2, 2025 by csidds

A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias.

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Forensics: Massive police crime lab scandal in Colorado. Faked DNA results affects hundreds of cases.

Posted on January 25, 2025 by csidds

https://washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/23/dna-test-fraud-colorado/

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Forensics: Police profiling methos debunked by DNA.

Posted on January 20, 2025 by csidds

Another example of junk Cop forensics and assumptions concerning criminal behavior. https://www.jezebel.com/how-rape-kits-debunked-junk-science-like-behavioral-profiling

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Forensics: Prosecutors give excuses and denials for wrongful convictions.

Posted on January 17, 2025 by csidds

Forensics: False conviction lawsuits creates a blame game between cops and prosecutors. Typical. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/allan-woodhouse-brian-anderson-lawsuit-defence-1.7433555

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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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