Category Archives: costs of wrongful convictions

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

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

Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice reform, death penalty, Forensic science misconduct, junk forensic science | Leave a comment

Forensics: Alaska awards $$$ for decades long false imprisonment.

https://apnews.com/article/alaska-fairbanks-four-lawsuit-settlement-096c35f8e29bdbb19529fd21244a515b

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Forensics: The quagmire of law enforcent agencies leads to poor quality control and standards in forrensic services. There are 18000 separate cop shops in the US. Article by Professor Max Houck.

https://open.substack.com/pub/maxhouck/p/the-juridictional-problem-in-forensic?r=j5102&utm_medium=ios

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Forensics: DAs play the blame game regarding their misconduct case reviews. Do not want independent oversight.

https://nysfocus.com/2025/04/14/wrongful-conviction-integrity-unit-new-york-prosecutorial-misconduct

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Forensics: Major reason DEI attempts to correct law enforcement and judicial injustices.

https://eji.org/news/black-americans-nearly-eight-times-more-likely-to-be-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder/

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Forensics: Conviction frame-up leads to big civil award. DA hid evidence.

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2025/04/09/john-walker-jr-awarded-28m-after-wrongful-conviction-buffalo-new-york/83002812007/

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Forensics: High murder rates, cheating cops, and reluctant judges lead to bad results. DAs guard against new evidence “like Spartans defending Thermopylae.”

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Forensics: BS crime testing for arson leads to mom being charged with murder. Famed arson scientist John Lentini now on her case. Junk forensics is endemic in the US.

https://theintercept.com/2025/03/31/florida-michelle-taylor-arson-fire-murder-trial/

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Forensics: Despite holding the record for exonerations from its death row. FL adds to factors allowing for death sentences.

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