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Fforensiccs: Human experimentation. J&J’s Controversial Prison Testing Resurfaces in Baby Powder Lawsuits
The company funded experiments on mostly Black men comparing the effects of talc and asbestos on their skin — Read on http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-07/j-j-s-controversial-prison-testing-resurfaces-in-baby-powder-lawsuits
Forensics: Robert DuBoise Sues Police, Dr. Richard Souviron
A man in Florida who was exonerated after spending 37 years in prison for a 1983 rape and murder filed a lawsuit against police officials and the forensic dentist who testified against him, claiming they “knowingly fabricated” evidence used to … Continue reading
Forensicsshf : Police explain how rape kit ended up in a database – Mission Local
The San Francisco Police Commission grilled police department leaders Wednesday about the policies and procedures that allowed officers to use DNA — Read on missionlocal.org/2022/03/police-explain-how-rape-kit-ended-up-in-a-database/
Forensics: Drowned Stone Age fisherman examined with forensic method that could rewrite prehistory
Tiny marine algae lingered in the bones of a fisherman who lived 5,000 years ago, and they reveal that he drowned in salt water. — Read on http://www.livescience.com/stone-age-fisherman-skeleton-drowned
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Forensics: Another bitemark “ID.” Man says he’s innocent of murder. Should prosecutors help?
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — Gary Cannon held back tears when a Pinellas-Pasco judge… — Read on http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Man-says-he-s-innocent-of-murder-Should-16950711.php
Forensics: 36 bitemarks convictions. 400 years in prison. All innocent. #AAFS2022
innocenceproject.org/charles-mccrory-innocent-incarcerated-35-years-in-alabama/ The judge’s 2021 refusal to deem McCrory innocent is abysmally unjust.
Forensics: “Shaken baby syndrome is ok.” Judge denies appeal for death row inmate in Anderson County
Roberson’s lawyers also made claims that false testimony was made during the 2003 trial; however, Evans denied these assertions in her review. — Read on http://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/judge-denies-recommending-east-texas-death-row-inmates-appeal-exoneration-new-trial/501-39bfdd8e-b687-4065-9b34-25b60c320e6c
Forensics: Bad, Bad. Lost evidence has collapsed 6,000 cases including alleged killers and rapists
Crime expert fears that 12,000 prosecutions have failed in the past two years because pieces of evidence that could convict sex attackers and killers is missing — Read on http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lost-evidence-collapsed-6000-cases-26214302
Foreniscs: Its bites, guns and hair again. Why a High-Ranking FBI Attorney Is Pushing ‘Unbelievable’ Junk Science on Guns
This science-denial trope is endemic and will not die. Forensic analysts testify at trials as “experts.” But juries don’t know that their methods “seriously underestimate the false positive rate.” — Read on http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fbi-keeps-pushing-junk-science-to-win-convictions
Forensics: Admitting uncertainty in forensic testimony. The Science of Injustice: PW Talks with M. Chris Fabricant
In ‘Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System’ (Akashic, Apr.), Fabricant, the Innocence Project’s director of strategic litigation, presents the horrifying story of how Americans have been wrongfully convicted, and executed, based on “expert” testimony. — Read on http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/88461-the-science-of-injustice-pw-talks-with-m-chris-fabricant.html
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