Category Archives: Bad Forensic Science

Forensics: Uranium deaths. Scammers Target Native Communities with Fake RECA Applications After Program Expansion | Health

Posted on August 17, 2025 by csidds

Maggie Billman (Diné) was at the Eastern Navajo Fair, in Crown Point, New Mexico, last month, when she noticed something that didn’t look right. She approached a booth that was advertising assistance with the new Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (… … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Worst of the worst. Total fraud. Rogue UIC lab misled courts in cannabis DUI cases | Injustice Watch

Posted on August 14, 2025 by csidds

A scandal at the University of Illinois Chicago forensics lab reveals a lack of oversight of Illinois crime labs. — Read on http://www.injusticewatch.org/project/forensic-failures/2025/uic-forensics-lab-cannabis-dui-scandal/

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Forensics: Junk FBI hair “science” got him convicted.

Posted on July 26, 2025 by csidds

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/john-huffington-maryland-lawsuit-memorial-day-b2795808.html

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Forensics: appeals court finds gun forensic method is not ‘scientifically valid’

Posted on June 20, 2025 by csidds

Subjectivity in bullet casing matching method is not based on scientific proof. Bitemark opinions are no better. An Oregon appeals court found that the AFTE gun forensics method in cases involving shootings is not “scientifically valid” and could change how … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Junk bitemark expert’s reign of terror leads to 9th case overturned. DA still demands execution.

Posted on April 26, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Junk bitemark expert’s reign of terror leads to 9th case overturned. DA still demands execution.

Posted on April 26, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Total meltdown of cop forensics lab in Baltimore. Cops managers reluctant to admit details stemming from lab whistleblower.

Posted on April 22, 2025 by csidds

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/baltimore-police-face-federal-retaliation-suit-claim-of-mishandling-26000-fingerprints

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Forensics: DAs play the blame game regarding their misconduct case reviews. Do not want independent oversight.

Posted on April 15, 2025 by csidds

https://nysfocus.com/2025/04/14/wrongful-conviction-integrity-unit-new-york-prosecutorial-misconduct

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Forensics: High murder rates, cheating cops, and reluctant judges lead to bad results. DAs guard against new evidence “like Spartans defending Thermopylae.”

Posted on April 8, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Bad batch of testing kits shows crime lab’s lack of internal standards.

Posted on March 27, 2025 by csidds

https://abcnews.go.com/US/la-county-potentially-faulty-dna-test-kits-months/story?id=120202510

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