Category Archives: Forensic Dentistry

Forensics: Utterly stupid and biased. Virginia lawmakers vote to roll back open records reform. Cops keep control of conviction records.

Posted on March 14, 2022 by csidds

Virginia lawmakers have passed a measure that would undo a recent reform intended to expand public access to certain law enforcement files in closed criminal investigations — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/virginia-lawmakers-vote-to-roll-back-open-records-reform/2022/03/12/68ba698e-a254-11ec-9438-255709b6cddc_story.html

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Forensics: How a Bogus Bite Mark Sent Charles McCrory to Prison for Murder

Posted on March 13, 2022 by csidds

Decades of bitemarker tragedies. This “famed” dentist doesn’t like me much. Boo hoo. A famed forensic dentist recanted his testimony against Charles McCrory. He may die in prison anyway. — Read on theintercept.com/2022/03/12/bite-mark-evidence-charles-mccrory/

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Forensics: Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System: Fabricant, M. Chris: Amazon.com

Posted on March 8, 2022 by csidds

Just published. Already has rave reviews. Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System [Fabricant, M. Chris] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System — Read on http://www.amazon.com/Science-American-Criminal-Justice-System/dp/1636140300/ref=nodl_

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Fforensiccs: Human experimentation. J&J’s Controversial Prison Testing Resurfaces in Baby Powder Lawsuits

Posted on March 8, 2022 by csidds

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

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Forensics: Robert DuBoise Sues Police, Dr. Richard Souviron

Posted on March 4, 2022 by csidds

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 →

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Forensicsshf : Police explain how rape kit ended up in a database – Mission Local

Posted on March 4, 2022 by csidds

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/

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Forensics: Drowned Stone Age fisherman examined with forensic method that could rewrite prehistory

Posted on March 1, 2022 by csidds

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?

Posted on February 27, 2022 by csidds

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

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Forensics: 36 bitemarks convictions. 400 years in prison. All innocent. #AAFS2022

Posted on February 19, 2022 by csidds

innocenceproject.org/charles-mccrory-innocent-incarcerated-35-years-in-alabama/ The judge’s 2021 refusal to deem McCrory innocent is abysmally unjust.

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Forensics: “Shaken baby syndrome is ok.” Judge denies appeal for death row inmate in Anderson County

Posted on February 15, 2022 by csidds

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

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