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Forensics: Junk Tylenol lawsuit by State AG. Nuclear verdicts land Texas on Judicial Hellhole Watch List – Texas – The Black Chronicle
Nuclear verdicts land Texas on Judicial Hellhole Watch List – The Black Chronicle — Read on blackchronicle.com/southwest/texas/nuclear-verdicts-land-texas-on-judicial-hellhole-watch-list/
Forensics: Sketchy ME testimony and DA tactics. Flint dad exonerated in daughter’s death sues hospital and police (scroll through to view article)
An exonerated Flint man says the police, doctors, and medical examiners forged reports to frame him for his infant daughter’s death. — Read on eu.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/12/01/michael-griffin-daughter-death-lawsuit-hospital/87324126007/
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: Annual Wrongful Conviction Summit increases awareness of inequalities in legal system
Hosted in the UMich Union, the event aimed to increase awareness of wrongful convictions and highlight inequalities in the legal system. — Read on http://www.michigandaily.com/news/government/annual-wrongful-conviction-summit-increases-awareness-of-inequalities-in-legal-system/
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: Why Bitemarks are Junk. No Scientific foundation. Great vids of flawed methods.
Read more on Flawed Forensics: Feds weigh in on bite mark analysis as several cases get new look at https://www.kalb.com/video/2022/12/12/flawed-forensics-feds-weigh-bite-mark-analysis-several-cases-get-new-look/
Forensics: Execution looming for murder conviction based on shaken baby theories that have been debunked.
This case exposes courts reliance on past expert opinions (legal precedents) used to render death penalty convictions. The crux is when those “scientific” ideas are now considered not grounded by reliable medical research. This reveals the sad fact that junk … Continue reading
Forensics: Looking at false claims and confabulations as Trump pushes unproven claims on Tylenol, vaccines and autism
The head of a major OB-GYN organization said Trump’s claims are “irresponsible” and send a “harmful and confusing message.” — Read on spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/health/2025/09/22/trump-rfk-autism-announcement
Forensics: Incredible story of mistakes and lies used to convict. Plus a forensic quack. Oregon police, forensics lab actions result in $14 million payout for Coos County man
Oregon police, forensics lab actions result in $14 million payout for Coos County man – OPB — Read on http://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/22/oregon-police-crime-coos-county-nicholas-mcguffin-lawsuit/
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