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Forensics: Faked DNA. Legislation hoped to clear up the Missy Woods scandal. Defense attorneys are now overwhelmed with cases
When the police crime lab cooks their forensic results, the Defense Bar has to fix the fallout. A bill passed last year helped give defendants who were potentially impacted by misconduct more rights but also created some challenges. — Read … Continue reading
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: 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: South Africa. Still using hair analysis? New lab not enough: Union urges more forensic experts amid 13,000 case backlog
This US FBI method has been debunked 10 years ago. Thousand of false convictions were affected. KZN police face 13,000+ forensic case backlog as union urges clear timelines; new Mayville lab aims to speed up investigations. — Read on http://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/union-urges-forensic-experts-amid-13000-case-backlog/
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: Junk bitemark cases from my past. All from LA and Missisippi. Documentary exposes junk science that sent man to death row.
BATON ROUGE – In 1998, Jimmie “Chris” Duncan was convicted of first-degree murder in the bathtub drowning of 23-month-old Haley Oliveaux and sent to death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. — Read on http://www.stmarynow.com/state/documentary-exposes-junk-science-sent-man-death-row
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: Science. Replication is nearly impossible. The Ethics of Junk Science: It’s Time for a Reboot
Science is supposed to be self-correcting. That mechanism is broken. — Read on petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2026/04/15/the-ethics-of-junk-science-its-time-for-a-reboot/
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/
