Category Archives: forensic fraud

Forensics: Exploding the myth of CSI heroes who are really villains. How fake science corrupts criminal justice

In 1992, Eddie Lee Howard, a poor black man, was accused of murdering an 84-year-old woman in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Howard had a solid alibi, and the state had no concrete evidence against him. In the original autopsy, the assigned … Continue reading

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Forensics: “Bitemark testimony harmless error.” Texas Prepares to Execute Man Whose Conviction Relied on Discredited Forensics

A death-row prisoner whose conviction prosecutors obtained with discredited forensic testimony is set to be executed in Texas on August 17, 2022.… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/texas-prepares-to-execute-man-whose-conviction-relied-on-discredited-forensics

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Fake Forensics: Parcells banned from doing business, ordered to pay $700K+ for autopsy crimes

Parcells banned from doing business, ordered to pay $700K+ for autopsy crimes — Read on http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/parcells-banned-from-doing-business-ordered-to-pay-dollar700kplus-for-autopsy-crimes/ar-AA10wvRp

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Forensics: 1/6 riot committee digging deep into Secret Service erased texts

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Forensics: A past center for racist and bogus research, an Ivy League university set to rebury skulls of Black people kept for centuries

University of Pennsylvania houses remains at Penn Museum, where they form a collection once used to justify white supremacy — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/07/us-university-plans-repatriation-black-american-remains

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Forensics: More junk toxicology testing affects many criminal cases. Texas Forensics Lab Loses Its License After Probe

The Texas For Sci Commission at work. A Texas laboratory is facing questions with regulators about its work in a sexual assault case out of Pennsylvania. — Read on http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-labs-license-suspended-after-probe-into-pennsylvania-sex-assault-case/3039629/

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Forensics: Bitemark junk science will send a man to his execution on Aug 17. A New Book Exposes Junk Science.

On Wednesday in Austin, the head of the Texas Forensic Science Commission will interview the author of the latest forensic-science takedown. — Read on http://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/book-junk-science-wrongful-convictions-hero-texan/

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Forensics: The untrue and pseudoscience of bitemark matching infects India’s dental literature

Reading this drivel gives me a headache. They claim its as good as DNA using scrape marks on skin as one of a kind evidence. They cite some of my work as supporting their claims. Utterly delusional. ompj.org/files/ompj 13 2 … Continue reading

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Forensics: Confessions of an ex-bitemarker. 30 minute podcast. Details of the classic forensic psuedo-science.

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Forensics: $$$ in covid claims. Medical Society Accuses Insurers of Using ‘Junk Science’ to Deny Covid Business Claims

Medical Society Accuses Insurers of Using ‘Junk Science’ to Deny Covid Business Claims — Read on http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2022/06/27/673525.htm

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