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Forensics: Incompetence or something else? DNA expert whose methods were flawed was paid $2.79M. Bermuda News
A discredited forensic scientist who analysed DNA evidence for the Crown in hundreds of criminal cases received almost $2.8 million of public funds, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Bermuda Police Se… — Read on http://www.royalgazette.com/crime/news/article/20251202/dna-expert-whose-methods-were-flawed-was-paid-2-79m/
Jimmie “Chris” Duncan is Released After 27 Years on Louisiana’s Death Row – Innocence Project
Mr. Duncan was wrongfully convicted of a crime that never occurred based on now discredited bite mark and forensic pathology testimony from notorious “experts” Michael West and Steven Hayne. — Read on innocenceproject.org/news/jimmie-chris-duncan-is-released-after-27-years-on-louisianas-death-row/
Forensics: Just released after 25 years on death row. Jimmie Duncan going home A bitemark quack dentist put him in prison.
The 2009 expose’ of this case from journalist Radley Balko. We have spent decades on this case. https://reason.com/2009/03/24/forensics-fraud/
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice, Exoneration costs, forensic fraud, forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform protecting the innocent, junk forensic science, wrongful convictions
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Forensics: Ignoring science in the US. CDC Website Now Boosts Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism
“This represents a new and devastating turn by the CDC.” — Read on gizmodo.com/cdc-website-now-boosts-debunked-link-between-vaccines-and-autism-2000688898
Forensics: Pure extortion. Kennedy’s junk science puts Tylenol — and Trump — on Trial
Extreme claims about Tylenol are making their way into courtrooms across America. — Read on thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5602170-kennedys-junk-science-puts-tylenol-and-trump-on-trial/
Posted in Bad Forensic Science, Crime, criminal justice, junk forensic science
Tagged anti vaccine grift, rfkjr money grab
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Forensics: Junk Science. Recanted medical opinion ruled “not new evidence.” TN Appeals Court Upholds Russell Maze’s Shaken Baby Conviction — ProPublica
California had to change state law to allow courts to admit an expert’s change of testimony to be new evidence. Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal … Continue reading
Forensics: “Nearly perfect?”InvestigateTV+: State-contracted drug test lab under scrutiny for false positives
A drug testing lab under scrutiny for its results is still not performing a specialized test to minimize false positive concerns. — Read on http://www.kktv.com/2025/10/28/investigatetv-state-contracted-drug-test-lab-under-scrutiny-false-positives/
Forensics: Junk science leads to Texas sueing Tylenol makers J&J and Kenvue, claiming they hid drug’s autism risks | Reuters
The makers of Tylenol, Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue , were sued on Tuesday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who accused them of knowingly hiding the drug’s links to autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/world/texas-sues-jj-kenvue-claiming-they-hid-tylenols-autism-risks-2025-10-28/
Forensics: Pirro’s dirty tricks or honest mistakes? This case is starting to tank. Evidence issues plague trial of DC woman accused of assaulting FBI agent. (Late update: A jury has found her not guilty).
Sidney Reid is accused of assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest outside DC Jail back in July. Federal prosecutors have had a series of evidence issues. — Read on http://www.wusa9.com/article/news/legal/sidney-reid-trial-fbi-agent-ice-arrest-dc-jail-evidence-issues-day-2/65-00adaa91-ae04-4c0c-afcf-d4696478f95c
Forensics: Texas Explosion at the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Crime Lab Evidence Incinerator
Oops. CONROE, TX – Explosion at the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Crime Lab Evidence Incinerator — Read on hellowoodlands.com/explosion-at-the-montgomery-county-sheriffs-office-crime-lab-evidence-incinerator/
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