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Forensics: Looking at false claims and confabulations as Trump pushes unproven claims on Tylenol, vaccines and autism
The head of a major OB-GYN organization said Trump’s claims are “irresponsible” and send a “harmful and confusing message.” — Read on spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/health/2025/09/22/trump-rfk-autism-announcement
Forensics: Incredible story of mistakes and lies used to convict. Plus a forensic quack. Oregon police, forensics lab actions result in $14 million payout for Coos County man
Oregon police, forensics lab actions result in $14 million payout for Coos County man – OPB — Read on http://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/22/oregon-police-crime-coos-county-nicholas-mcguffin-lawsuit/
Forensics: Non-forensic lawyers in charge. Watchdog fails wrongly convicted owing to lack of forensic expertise, experts say | Criminal Cases Review Commission | The Guardian
Criminal Cases Review Commission faces criticism over its handling of several high-profile cases — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep/07/watchdog-fails-wrongly-convicted-prisoners-lack-forensic-expertise-experts-say
Posted in AAFS, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, criminal justice, Forensic Science, Forensic Science Bias, wrongful convictions
Tagged exoneration, forensic examiner error, Forensic science, innocence project, Miscarriage of justice, wrongful convictions
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Forensics: Uranium deaths. Scammers Target Native Communities with Fake RECA Applications After Program Expansion | Health
Maggie Billman (Diné) was at the Eastern Navajo Fair, in Crown Point, New Mexico, last month, when she noticed something that didn’t look right. She approached a booth that was advertising assistance with the new Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (… … Continue reading
Forensics: Protecting police homicides? When Death Investigations Go Wrong
A growing body of data shows how outdated forensic methods and unreliable expert testimony distort justice. — Read on innocenceproject.org/news/when-death-investigations-go-wrong-new-research-reveals-the-risks-of-wrongful-conviction/
Forensics: Worst of the worst. Total fraud. Rogue UIC lab misled courts in cannabis DUI cases | Injustice Watch
A scandal at the University of Illinois Chicago forensics lab reveals a lack of oversight of Illinois crime labs. — Read on http://www.injusticewatch.org/project/forensic-failures/2025/uic-forensics-lab-cannabis-dui-scandal/
Forensics: A nationwide disaster. How the murder of a young woman uncovered a ‘forensic train wreck’ — and led to a reckoning years in the making
Shandee Blackburn was murdered in 2013. Twelve years later, the fallout of botched forensic work has led to a reckoning for Queensland’s forensic lab. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-10/forensic-science-queensland-dna-lab-saga-shandee-blackburn/105624650
Posted in Crime lab scandal, DNA profiling, Uncategorized
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Forensics: Scandal-hit Queensland DNA lab repeats major testing error as rape victims wait over a year for results
This all started in 2022. Someone is playing dirty with the evidence in urgent criminal cases. Damning review exposes ongoing issues at Forensic Services Queensland, including failure to properly test sample from violent unresolved crime — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/04/forensic-services-qld-queensland-dna-lab-ntwnfb
Posted in ABFO, Crime, Crime lab scandal, criminal justice, Uncategorized
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