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Forensics: TX governore Abbott pissed off at junk science commission “interfering” with justice. Death row inmate does not testify before Texas lawmakers despite a subpoena
Robert Roberson was scheduled to be executed last Thursday for the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis – who allegedly died from shaken baby syndrome. — Read on http://www.wcvb.com/article/texas-lawmakers-testimony-death-row-inmate-robert-roberson-subpoena/62674022
Forensics: More worthless studies on gender IDs from lip prints and tongue shapes. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
My critiques of bitemarks and similar pseudoscience practitioners got me banned from LinkedIn, the editorial board of the J of Forensics Sciences, and working for the US Department of Justice. How’s that for the “cancel culture” inside forensic science? My … Continue reading
Forensics: Texas’ junk science law is getting another look over Robert Roberson’s case – ABC News
Since its inception in 2013, 74 appeals citing “junk science” have been denied. 1/3 were from death row. All have been denied. A man whose execution was halted will testify at a legislative hearing about a “junk science” law in … Continue reading
Forensics: ‘Shaken baby” myth condemned him. Texas junk science law reason for temporary stay in death row execution
Robert Roberson, the first person scheduled to be executed over “shaken baby syndrome” in the death of his daughter, won a stay of execution in Texas. — Read on http://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/texas-junk-science-law-reason-for-temporary-stay-of-execution/
Forensics: Texas. 61% Black. Austin law firm finds nearly $100M is spent on wrongful convictions since 2009.
A new study done by the Michael & Associates Law Firm in Austin found that since 2009, the state of Texas has spend nearly $100 million in lump sum payments to wrongly convicted exonerees. — Read on http://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-law-firm-finds-nearly-1m-is-spent-on-wrongful-convictions/
Forensics: Migrant minors wrongly sent to adult detention due to scam X-rays.
The misuse of dental and medical “science” for police purposes in the US. Civil rights groups file a complaint for federal agencies to disclose info about discredited scientific methods used to determine minors’ age — Read on prismreports.org/2024/10/02/migrant-minors-sent-to-adult-detention/
Forensics: Article of Interest: Former U.S. Judge Andy Lester Calls on Oklahoma to Implement Reforms to “Badly Broken” Capital Punishment System Before Continuing Executions | Death Penalty Information Center
The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/article-of-interest-former-u-s-judge-andy-lester-calls-on-oklahoma-to-implement-reforms-to-badly-broken-capital-punishment-system-before-continuing-executions
Forensics: Q&A: Is the ‘lung float test’ accurate? Law professor is leading an effort to discredit ‘bad science’
Over the centuries, a flawed and controversial forensics tool known as the “floating lung test” or lung float test has sent innocent women accused of infanticide to the gallows. — Read on phys.org/news/2024-09-qa-lung-accurate-law-professor.html
Forensics: Junk science kills. Texas’ declines to stop execution in Roberson shaken baby syndrome case | The Week
A Texas man lost his final appeal to avoid execution, based on a conviction his lawyers say is based on debunked junk science. — Read on theweek.com/law/texas-execution-shaken-baby-syndrome
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