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Category Archives: Bad Forensic Science
Forensics: Junk Science. SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling.
Justice Samuel Alito relied on misleading data about racial voter turnout rates in his recent ruling that hollowed out the Voting Rights Act. — Read on http://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/scotus-used-faulty-racial-voter-turnout-data-to-shred-voting-rights-act-in-recent-ruling/
Forensics: Jimmie Duncan’s wrongful conviction used junk forensics experts. “The Cadaver King and and The Country Dentist.”
Great book on Amazon. Here’s a YT look at the case. youtu.be/PIT_kFtCZ7E
Forensics: Medicine. Two men sentenced in $522M Medicare genetic testing fraud scheme
Fox News blames this on Biden. These investigations take years to develop and prosecute. Two Georgia men were sentenced for orchestrating a $522 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme involving fake genetic tests, kickbacks and falsified medical records. — Read … Continue reading
Forensics: Total idiocy. AI models are choking on junk data
The quest for more training data has created a glut of low-quality junk data that could derail the promise of physical AI. — Read on fortune.com/2026/05/03/ai-models-are-choking-on-junk-data/
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Forensics: Junk Medicine. Advocates Bash ‘Junk Science’ As Appeals Court Blocks Abortion Pill by Mail
Viagra as a death rate 10x greater. The fight over the use and distribution of the pill mifepristone has seeped into various courts around the country. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/appeals-court-blocks-mifepristone-abortion-pill-mail-11905332
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: 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: 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
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