Category Archives: Bad Forensic Science

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

Posted on April 13, 2023 by csidds

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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Forensics: Absurd science cited by anti-abortion drug TX judge

Posted on April 12, 2023 by csidds

http://www.huffpost.com/entry/judge-matthew-kacsmaryk-mifepristone-ruling-study-abortion-changes-you_n_643724ffe4b05765f3803ff8

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Forensics: More junk forensic odontology from India. Gender determination from bitemarks.

Posted on April 6, 2023 by csidds

http://www.editorialmanager.in/index.php/ijofr/article/download/770/958

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Forensics: Its time for the #AAFS to banish the bitemarkers’ junk science. From Max Houck

Posted on April 6, 2023 by csidds

https://open.substack.com/pub/maxhouck/p/is-silence-support-for-a-toothless?r=j5102&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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Forensics: Weak to fraudulent testimonies. Forensic Experts: Error, Bias, Incompetence and Criminality

Posted on April 4, 2023 by csidds

One of the tasks of a good legal team is to analyse, question and contest forensic reports and evidence. — Read on http://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/forensic-experts-error-bias-incompetence-and-criminality/

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Forensics series about another lieing crime lab “scientist.” Admissible: Shreds of Evidence : NPR

Posted on March 31, 2023 by csidds

Presented in partnership with iHeartMedia and Story Mechanics, Admissible is a new original podcast examining how a key building block of our justice system – evidence itself – is often flawed, disputed, or even manipulated. Hosted by reporter Tessa Kramer, … Continue reading →

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Junk Forensics: What If the Worst Crime Imaginable Never Happened? | The New Republic

Posted on March 24, 2023 by csidds

Fabricated bitemark evidence sent him to death row. Another victim of the notorious Michael West. Jimmie Duncan is on death row in Louisiana based on fraudulent science—but that might not matter if the state’s governorship flips this fall. — Read … Continue reading →

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Forensics: False positives. Rhode Island Department of Health Forensic Chemistry Lab Contamination Investigation

Posted on March 18, 2023 by csidds

Authorities are reviewing hundreds of test results at the Rhode Island Department of Health lab over concerns they could have been contaminated, the state’s… — Read on http://www.necn.com/news/local/hundreds-of-cases-under-review-after-potential-contamination-at-ri-forensics-lab/2947766/

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Forensics: The fight for exoneration: Over 29,100 years ‘lost’ in prison in wrongful convictions, database finds

Posted on March 18, 2023 by csidds

Over 29,100 years have been ‘lost’ in prison due to wrongful convictions, as Sidney Holmes’ 400-year prison sentence garners attention amid his exoneration. — Read on abcnews.go.com/US/fight-exoneration-29100-years-lost-prison-wrongful-convictions/story

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Forensics: The Movement Behind the Texas Judge and the Junk Science Poised to Block Access to Mifepristone

Posted on March 17, 2023 by csidds

Thanks to Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, the Christian right has found a court in Texas where it thinks it can win rulings that erode abortion access even in states keeping it legal. — Read on http://www.thenation.com/article/society/mifepristone-texas-abortion-medication/

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