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Forensics: Law. Cook County is trying to limit access to certificates of innocence | Injustice Watch
New DA expects “true innocence” based on evidence “like DNA.” Despite Chicago’s horrific record of corrupt cops. Also DNA is available in only a fraction of exonerations. Ridiculous statement which hides her own biased version of justice. Exonerated people seek … Continue reading
Forensics: False charges. Southern Poverty Law Center says its informants weren’t a secret to DOJ
Cops use paid informants all the time. Ive seen it on Law and Order. Whatta joke. Southern Poverty Law Center says its informants weren’t a secret to DOJ — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/southern-poverty-law-center-says-informants-werent-secret-doj-rcna342519
Forensics: $25M in payouts. More coming. Famous Detroit Homicide Interrogator ‘The Closer’ Accused of Coercing False Confessions in Murder Cases
Retired Detroit homicide interrogator “The Closer” faces scrutiny as overturned murder convictions, alleged coerced confessions, and mounting exonerations raise questions about past Detroit police — Read on http://www.lawyerherald.com/articles/63850/20260428/famous-detroit-homicide-interrogator-closer-accused-coercing-false-confessions-murder-cases.htm
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: Using the wrong execution meds saved his life. Richard Glossip’s Road Map to Nowhere | Yale Law Journal
While the Supreme Court’s 2025 decision in Glossip v. Oklahoma was heralded as a victory for the defense, this Essay argues that the case is actually a road… — Read on yalelawjournal.org/essay/glossips-road-map-to-nowhere1
Forensics: Law. Key Trump lawyer who tried to overturn 2020 election permanently disbarred – Democracy Docket
The California Supreme Court permanently disbarred John Eastman — a key architect in President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election — delivering one of the most consequential professional penalties yet for an election denier. — Read on … Continue reading
Forensics: Toolmark “matching to the exclusion of all other tools” takes a hike. DA files motion to dismiss murder charges in 1991 pipe bombings
The Mesa County district attorney is moving to dismiss murder charges against the man who was convicted of killing two people in a series of 1991 Grand Junction pipe bombings rather than go to a retrial. — Read on http://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/mesa-county-da-files-motion-to-dismiss-murder-charges-against-man-convicted-in-1991-pipe-bombings
Forensics: Rogue cops versus law students. Cooley Law School Innocence Project Assists in Release of George Calicut, Jr.
Cooley Law School’s Innocence Project collaborated with others in the release of George Calicut Jr., who spent 27 years in prison wrongully convicted. — Read on http://www.legalreader.com/cooley-law-school-innocence-project-assists-in-release-of-george-calicut-jr/
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