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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
Forensics: Opinion | Innocence Project lawyer’s book shows where science clashes with the law
Add to this the fact that the bitemarkers are still certified by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Science knows certain forensic techniques — such as bite mark analysis — are junk. Why can’t judges accept that? — Read on … Continue reading
Forensics: Junk science reparation. Massachusetts agrees to settlement for thousands of people who were wrongfully convicted of drug charges
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has agreed to a settlement that would pay back fees associated with legal cases, probation and fines for tens of thousands of people who were wrongfully — Read on http://www.wlfi.com/content/tncms/live/
Forensics: SCOTUS Opinion on Roe v Wade is ignoring science and Constitutional history.
The Court is ignoring science — Read on http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adc9968
Forensics: ‘Making an Exoneree’: Georgetown University Documentaries Highlight Wrongful Convictions
News4’s Jackie Bensen takes us to the screening made possible by a group of university students. It’s a series of documentaries that re-examine the cases of… — Read on http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/making-an-exoneree-georgetown-university-documentaries-highlight-wrongful-convictions/3043222/
Forensics: Another “99.9%” certain child abuse pediatrician Dr. Barbara Knox resigns Alaska position #junk #science
She calls herself a “child abuse expert.” Parents and caregivers say their lives were upended after Knox wrongly diagnosed children’s illnesses or accidental injuries as abuse. https://wnanews.com/2021/12/02/child-abuse-cases-barbara-knox-rejected-wisconsin/
Junk Forensics: Alabama DAs love bitemarks.
This state’s AG feted the ABFO crew when they showed up in a bm case in Guntersville. This case isnt any better. A Bogus Bite Mark Sent Him to Prison for Murder. Alabama Wants to Keep Him There.
Forensics: CBS interview about faulty forensics. No research bitemarks leads the conversation with Chris Fabricant.
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Forensics: More fakery. Former Pinellas County Forensic Science Specialist fired for falsifying documents, PCSO says
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Forensic Science Specialist was fired for falsifying forensic documents, a PCSO investigation revealed. — Read on http://www.fox13news.com/news/former-pinellas-county-forensic-science-specialist-fired-for-falsifying-documents-pcso-says
Forensics: DNA analyst accused of “cooking the books” in a murder case.
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