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Category Archives: Bad Forensic Science
Forensics: Finally. Appeals court agrees shaken baby syndrome is ‘junk science’ in some cases
A New Jersey appellate court sided with two fathers accused of child abuse who argued the science behind shaken baby syndrome isn’t sound. — Read on newjerseymonitor.com/2023/09/13/appeals-court-agrees-shaken-baby-syndrome-is-junk-science-in-some-cases/
Forensics fraud eradicator. Law Review focuses on regulating junk forensics (i.e bitemarks) by applying ABA ethical rule 3.8 violations onto prosecutors.
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Forensics: Junk toolmark “ID.”Interview: Innocence Project attorney representing the Grand Junction pipe bombing case talks junk science and wrongful convictions
Chris Fabricant is among the attorneys representing James Genrich, a man who was convicted in a series of pipe bombings in the 1990s. — Read on http://www.cpr.org/2023/09/11/innocence-project-grand-junction-pipe-bombing-case-wrongful-convictions/
Forensics: DAs seldom get punished for misconduct. Wrongful Convictions Cost Chicago Taxpayers $153M from 2019 to 2023: Analysis | Chicago News
That toll is set to grow in the coming weeks, as the Chicago City Council considers paying $25 million to resolve separate lawsuits filed in 2016 by two men who spent a combined 34 years in prison after being wrongly … Continue reading
Alabama’s History of Botched Executions. Say Hello to AG Stevie Marshall
Forensics: Bumbling Alabama AG Stevie Marshall’s history of tortuous executions. huffpost.com/entry/alabama-…
Forensics: Civil Judges get it. But criminal courts still allow bitemarks. Junk Science in the Courtroom Keeps Coming Back – and Getting Swatted
There’s something about autism that invites scapegoating. The latest attack was on makers of Lexapro, the anti-depressant medication, when used during pregnancy. Six plaintiffs recruited three experts to testify to a supposed causal connection between the drug and their children’s … Continue reading
Forensics: Anthro BS from the 19th century into the 20th. The skull maps that quantified racism
These maps — of geographical differences in skull shapes — have vanished from acceptable science (and cartography). — Read on bigthink.com/strange-maps/cephalic-index-maps/
Forensics: Wrongful conviction: Rosa Jimenez exonerated in Austin child’s death due to paper towel ingestion
In the years after Jimenez was wrongfully found guilty, medical evidence and testimony that led to her 2005 conviction was found to be false. — Read on http://www.statesman.com/story/news/2023/08/07/wrongful-conviction-rosa-jimenez-exonerated-in-austin-childs-death/70541801007/
Forensis: Excellent Review. THE CHALLENGES TO THE FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN BITE MARKS IN SKIN Etc.
Conclusions reveal why bm opinions are invalid. Skin distortion and cognitive biases are paramount. Great literature review. View of THE CHALLENGES TO THE FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN BITE MARKS IN SKIN AND COMPARISON WITH TEETH — Read on esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/4142/99193547137
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