Category Archives: Bad Forensic Science

Forensics: When skull measurements considered ethnic superiority. Anténor Firmin challenged anthropology’s racist roots 150 years ago

In The Equality of the Human Races, Haitian scholar Anténor Firmin showed that science did not support division among the races. — Read on http://www.sciencenews.org/article/antenor-firmin-anthropology-racism-haiti

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Forensics: The Death Row Case of Ray Krone, the Beginning of the End of Bite Mark Evidence in the United States

Full article: The Death Row Case of Ray Krone, the Beginning of the End of Bite Mark Evidence in the United States — Read on http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19424396.2023.2210330

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Forensics: Bitemarkers Beware. The Good and Bad Legacies of Forensic Odontology

Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2023.2210331

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Forensics: Utter BS. Forensic Odontology Response to the NIST Report and CIFS

This is what the American Academy of Forensic Sciences certifies as a valid and reliable discipline for human identification. Of course, the obstinate bitemarker group claims it’s “new improvements” sanctify their continuing to deceice the criminal justice system. Forensic Odontology … Continue reading

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Misapplication of Forensic Science – Innocence Project

Misapplied forensic science contributed to over half of our wrongful conviction cases and nearly a quarter of all wrongful conviction cases since 1989. — Read on innocenceproject.org/misapplication-of-forensic-science/

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Forensics: An ABFO bitemark dentist led to this mess. Taxpayers Sued for the wrongful conviction have a few weeks to respond.

The 10 counts in the complaint include violations of the 14th Amendment (right to due process); and civil rights violations. — Read on http://www.milforddailynews.com/story/news/local/2023/04/27/milford-massachusetts-gets-response-extension-on-wrongful-conviction-lawsuit/70129997007/

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Forensics: Why Texas told the ABFO bitermarkers to buzz off.

Its Forensic Science Commission spent significant resources in their interviews with independent scientists about the dentists’ claiming bitemark reliability. The dentists showed up and lost. http://www.txcourts.gov/media/1445768/bite-mark-review-report.pdf

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Forensics: My take on why the ABFO bitemarker dentists should be booted from the AAFS.

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Forensics: DeSantis killed the previous attempt to rid cop “hypnosis evidence.” Texas Senate advances bill to ban testimony derived under hypnosis

Forensic hypnosis is a technique used by law enforcement to boost a witness’s recall of the people, conversations and environment related to a crime. — Read on http://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/04/18/texas-senate-bill-338-prohibit-testimony-under-hypnosis-advances/70089073007/

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Forensics: An alternate legal universe. The junk-science ruling restricting mifepristone approval uses language directly lifted from anti-abortion activists and media.

The junk-science ruling restricting mifepristone approval uses language directly lifted from anti-abortion activists and spread by right-wing media | Media Matters for America — Read on http://www.mediamatters.org/health-care/junk-science-ruling-restricting-mifepristone-approval-uses-language-directly-lifted

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