Category Archives: forensic fraud

Forensics: Bite Mark Evidence: What You Should Know About This Debunked Science

Posted on July 7, 2021 by csidds

Bite mark evidence has sent at least two dozen innocent people to prison. So why is this debunked forensic method still being used? — Read on innocenceproject.org/what-is-bite-mark-evidence-forensic-science/

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Forensics: Rudy Giuliani’s New York law license revoked

Posted on June 25, 2021 by csidds

The former president calls NY “out of control.” “The seriousness of respondent’s uncontroverted misconduct cannot be overstated,” the judges wrote about Giuliani. — Read on http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-rudy-giuliani-law-license-suspended-20210624-d2y6famigfhtxhhv6li5holspi-story.html

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Forensics: How a Sharp-Eyed Scientist Became Biology’s Image Detective | The New Yorker

Posted on June 23, 2021 by csidds

Using just her eyes and memory, Elisabeth Bik has single-handedly identified thousands of studies containing potentially doctored scientific images. — Read on http://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/how-a-sharp-eyed-scientist-became-biologys-image-detective

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Forensics: A demand to U of Texas to halt faculty from doing “illegal” dental ageing reports for US immigration cases. #junk#forensic#science

Posted on June 15, 2021 by csidds

innocenceproject.org/innocence-project-demands-university-stop-use-of-dental-age-estimation/

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Forensics: DC crime lab goes after lab auditor Bruce Budowle then says it never concealed findings

Posted on June 12, 2021 by csidds

Defending itself against allegations of “fraudulent behavior” that led to the loss of its accreditation, D.C.’s embattled crime lab said it never deliberately concealed any information from its accrediting board. — Read on wtop.com/dc/2021/06/documents-dc-crime-lab-says-it-never-concealed-findings/

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Forensics: More on fraud in academia. Behind China’s ‘mind power’ egg scandal, where academic ghostwriters quote US$400 to get bogus science published | South China Morning Post

Posted on May 16, 2021 by csidds

Writers advertising on e-commerce platforms say they can arrange for articles to be published in journals indexed on China’s largest research database — Read on amp.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3133548/behind-chinas-mind-power-egg-scandal-where-academic

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Forensics: Fake police field testing. Bogus cocaine charge led to exoneration and now, a lawsuit against Buffalo

Posted on May 9, 2021 by csidds

In a Buffalo News article in September, Morgan Eaton called his arrest in March 2020 a case study in driving while Black. — Read on buffalonews.com/content/tncms/live/

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Forensics: How junk “research” enters mainstream academia. External Qi – Science Integrity Digest

Posted on May 8, 2021 by csidds

External Qi – Science Integrity Digest — Read on scienceintegritydigest.com/2019/05/24/external-qi/amp/

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Forensics: Talk about a political mess. DC leaders have mixed outlook after crime lab loses accreditation

Posted on May 4, 2021 by csidds

D.C. leaders are reacting to word that the District’s crime lab is now fully unaccredited. While the mayor affirms the lab has appealed the decision, the future of lab operations is in question. — Read on wtop.com/dc/2021/05/dc-leaders-have-mixed-outlook-after-crime-lab-loses-accreditation/

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Forensics: Work of former Maryland medical examiner to be reviewed after he testified for defense in Chauvin trial

Posted on April 23, 2021 by csidds

Maryland’s Attorney General said Friday that outside experts should review all “in custody” death reports produced by former state Chief Medical Examiner Dr. David Fowler. — Read on http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ag-office-review-20210423-l2oamj3ixnhwznd4545f7pjcau-story.html

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