Category Archives: forensic science misconduct

Forensics: Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these chatbots (LLMs) are willing to commit academic fraud.

Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds. — Read on http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00595-9

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Forensics: Law. A Supreme Court Win Didn’t Free Richard Glossip. But This Judge Could.

A year since his legal victory — and after six judges recused themselves — Richard Glossip is asking a new trial judge to release him from jail. — Read on theintercept.com/2026/02/25/richard-glossip-judge-natalie-mai-oklahoma/

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Forensics: Perjury. ICE says federal agents appear to have lied about confrontation that led to shooting – POLITICO

Officers claimed they were attacked, prompting one to open fire. — Read on http://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/13/ice-minneapolis-shooting-assault-00780839 Here is the video from the dash cameras.

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Forensics: Junk forensics. Hair. Hawaii man fights 34-year-old rape conviction based on debunked forensics

A bombshell 2009 report suggested widespread errors in the FBI’s crime labs in the late 1980s and early 1990s, leading to convictions over potentially scientifically unsound evidence. — Read on http://www.courthousenews.com/hawaii-man-fights-34-year-old-rape-conviction-based-on-debunked-forensics/

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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: Science publishers earn millions in profits. I need a raise.

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Forensics: Incompetence or something else? DNA expert whose methods were flawed was paid $2.79M. Bermuda News

A discredited forensic scientist who analysed DNA evidence for the Crown in hundreds of criminal cases received almost $2.8 million of public funds, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Bermuda Police Se… — Read on http://www.royalgazette.com/crime/news/article/20251202/dna-expert-whose-methods-were-flawed-was-paid-2-79m/

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Forensics: Law. No exception for rape and incest. South Carolina lawmakers debate abortion bill that could imprison people who receive the procedure

South Carolina lawmakers are holding a hearing on a near-total abortion ban that removes exceptions and could send pregnant people who receive an abortion to prison. — Read on abcnews.go.com/Health/south-carolina-lawmakers-debate-abortion-bill-imprison-people/story

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Forensics: Major blow to junk forensics. New Jersey Supreme Court bars ‘shaken baby syndrome’ testimony at trial

Show this to Texas governor Greg Abbott. The court ruled that there is consensus among experts regarding whether shaking alone could produce “abusive head trauma.” — Read on reason.com/2025/11/21/new-jersey-becomes-first-state-to-bar-shaken-baby-syndrome-testimony-at-trial/ Cato Institute: https://www.cato.org/blog/junk-science-has-no-borders-new-jersey-just-called-it-out

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Forensics: Just released after 25 years on death row. Jimmie Duncan going home A bitemark quack dentist put him in prison.

The 2009 expose’ of this case from journalist Radley Balko. We have spent decades on this case. https://reason.com/2009/03/24/forensics-fraud/

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