Category Archives: forensic evidence exaggeration

Forensics: Junk bitemark cases from my past. All from LA and Missisippi. Documentary exposes junk science that sent man to death row.

BATON ROUGE – In 1998, Jimmie “Chris” Duncan was convicted of first-degree murder in the bathtub drowning of 23-month-old Haley Oliveaux and sent to death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. — Read on http://www.stmarynow.com/state/documentary-exposes-junk-science-sent-man-death-row

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Forensics: Science. Replication is nearly impossible. The Ethics of Junk Science: It’s Time for a Reboot

Science is supposed to be self-correcting. That mechanism is broken. — Read on petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2026/04/15/the-ethics-of-junk-science-its-time-for-a-reboot/

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Forensics: Why Law Enforcement hates outside oversight of its forensic services. Error rates and unqualified examiners.

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Forensics: Junk Science. Jimmy Genrich’s 1993 Murder Charges Dismissed – Innocence Project

Mr. Genrich has spent 34 years wrongfully convicted of murder based on invalidated toolmark evidence, and now remains incarcerated on lesser charges due to a filing deadline technicality. — Read on innocenceproject.org/news/jimmy-genrichs-1993-murder-charges-dismissed/

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Forensics: Toolmark “matching to the exclusion of all other tools” takes a hike. DA files motion to dismiss murder charges in 1991 pipe bombings

The Mesa County district attorney is moving to dismiss murder charges against the man who was convicted of killing two people in a series of 1991 Grand Junction pipe bombings rather than go to a retrial. — Read on http://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/mesa-county-da-files-motion-to-dismiss-murder-charges-against-man-convicted-in-1991-pipe-bombings

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Forensics: Experts go out on the limb and wobble. Weird Science: The strangest expert witnesses of 2025 | Court TV

Dog bites, drip stains, and flaming pants—Court TV spotlights the weirdest expert witness moments of 2025. — Read on http://www.courttv.com/news/weird-science-the-strangest-expert-witnesses-of-2025/

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Forensics: Use of error ridden facial ID tech. For People of Color, Citizenship Offers No Protection Against ICE’s Techno Terrorism

Biometric scanners are being used by ICE to target people of color, violating their rights. Learn how these technologies are being misused in Trump’s America. — Read on http://www.commondreams.org/opinion/ice-technology-racism

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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/

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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/

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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/

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