Category Archives: forensic fraud

Forensics: Worst of the worst. Total fraud. Rogue UIC lab misled courts in cannabis DUI cases | Injustice Watch

Posted on August 14, 2025 by csidds

A scandal at the University of Illinois Chicago forensics lab reveals a lack of oversight of Illinois crime labs. — Read on http://www.injusticewatch.org/project/forensic-failures/2025/uic-forensics-lab-cannabis-dui-scandal/

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Forensics: Major reason DEI attempts to correct law enforcement and judicial injustices.

Posted on April 12, 2025 by csidds

https://eji.org/news/black-americans-nearly-eight-times-more-likely-to-be-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder/

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Forensics: High murder rates, cheating cops, and reluctant judges lead to bad results. DAs guard against new evidence “like Spartans defending Thermopylae.”

Posted on April 8, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Faulty expert testimony and inaccurate cop investigation leads to $25M payout. 30 years in prison

Posted on March 13, 2025 by csidds

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/investigations/former-investigator-co-defendant-speak-trial-wrongful-conviction/3519023/

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Forensics: Video look at a crime lab tech who is charged w 102 counts of fakery and 10,000 cases to review.

Posted on March 6, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Why tRumps DOJ continues to mess up forensic improvement and distorts justice. This is from his first term in 2017.

Posted on February 23, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Police crime labs in CO will be forced to report errors in analyses to prevent coverups.

Posted on February 21, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Supression of health data by tRump CDC

Posted on February 8, 2025 by csidds

CDC posts and then deletes important bird flu data. Expect the tRumpers to destroy important research on disease and morbidity.

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Forensics: Trumps descent into criminal justice hell in the US.

Posted on January 29, 2025 by csidds

Forensics: Details of Trumps evisceration of criminal justice. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/project-2025s-plan-criminal-justice-under-trump

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Forensics: Massive police crime lab scandal in Colorado. Faked DNA results affects hundreds of cases.

Posted on January 25, 2025 by csidds

https://washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/23/dna-test-fraud-colorado/

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