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Forensics: Excited delirium: junk science used to distract from police killings
This has been going on for decades. Largely to excuse excessive force used by police. Excited delirium: junk science used to distract from police killings – Halifax Examiner — Read on http://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/excited-delirium-junk-science-used-to-distract-from-police-killings/
Forensics: My take on why the ABFO bitemarker dentists should be booted from the AAFS.
csidds.wordpress.com/2020/12/23/forensics-despite-this-mess-abfo-aafs-dentists-still-proffer-in-courts-most-agree-bitemark-matching-is-junk-science-why-is-it-still-in-courts/
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice reform, Exoneration costs, forensic evidence exaggeration, forensic fraud, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, forensic testimony, junk forensic science, Ray Krone bitemark case, wrongful convictions
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Forensics: DeSantis killed the previous attempt to rid cop “hypnosis evidence.” Texas Senate advances bill to ban testimony derived under hypnosis
Forensic hypnosis is a technique used by law enforcement to boost a witness’s recall of the people, conversations and environment related to a crime. — Read on http://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/04/18/texas-senate-bill-338-prohibit-testimony-under-hypnosis-advances/70089073007/
Forensics: Weak to fraudulent testimonies. Forensic Experts: Error, Bias, Incompetence and Criminality
One of the tasks of a good legal team is to analyse, question and contest forensic reports and evidence. — Read on http://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/forensic-experts-error-bias-incompetence-and-criminality/
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, criminal justice reform, DNA profiling, expert testimony, forensic evidence exaggeration, forensic fraud, forensic pathology, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, wrongful convictions
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Forensics: More on Native remains repatriation. UC Berkeley Professor Taught with Suspected Native American Remains
Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. — Read on http://www.propublica.org/article/berkeley-professor-taught-suspected-native-american-remains-repatriation
Forensics: “100% certainty” in play plus stains on T-shirt not blood leads to Alex Murdaugh Fights to Bar Blood Spatter Evidence From Murder Trial
The disgraced South Carolina lawyer accused of killing his wife and son says blood-spatter evidence from a T-shirt is garbage. — Read on http://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-murdaugh-fights-to-bar-blood-spatter-evidence-from-murder-trial
Forensics: “Cargo Cult”experts. We Need To Get Junk Science Out of Courtrooms
Forensic pseudoscience introduced into the courtroom has been used to convict and render death on people based on the thinnest of evidence. — Read on http://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/01/we-need-to-get-junk-science-out-of-courtrooms
Forensics: Biases and Tunnel Vision. Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats | Science
Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats | Science | AAAS — Read on http://www.science.org/content/article/unlucky-numbers-fighting-murder-convictions-rest-shoddy-stats
Forensics: Bad day for a Plantiff’s forensic expert. Johnson & Johnson Unit Accuses Leading Plaintiffs’ Talc Expert of Fraud.
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management filed a complaint alleging a key plaintiffs’ expert falsified a 2019 article linking cosmetic talc to mesothelioma. — Read on http://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2022/12/19/johnson-johnson-unit-accuses-leading-plaintiffs-talc-expert-of-fraud/
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