Category Archives: forensic testimony

Forensics: Junk Science. SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling.

Posted on May 9, 2026 by csidds

Justice Samuel Alito relied on misleading data about racial voter turnout rates in his recent ruling that hollowed out the Voting Rights Act. — Read on http://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/scotus-used-faulty-racial-voter-turnout-data-to-shred-voting-rights-act-in-recent-ruling/

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Forensics: Desperate for something to appeal. Idaho Kohberger defense rebukes expert over alleged breach | Idaho Statesman

Posted on April 29, 2026 by csidds

“His reliability should be seen through the lens of this conduct,” attorneys for convicted Idaho murderer Bryan Kohberger said. — Read on http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article315567100.html

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Forensics: Sketchy ME testimony and DA tactics. Flint dad exonerated in daughter’s death sues hospital and police (scroll through to view article)

Posted on December 2, 2025 by csidds

An exonerated Flint man says the police, doctors, and medical examiners forged reports to frame him for his infant daughter’s death. — Read on eu.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/12/01/michael-griffin-daughter-death-lawsuit-hospital/87324126007/

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Forensics: The Wild West of digital forensics expertise challenges. Who is in charge?

Posted on April 28, 2025 by csidds

https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2025/04/27/digital-forensics-why-licensing-would-make-expertise-worse/

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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: What happens when a police crime lab scientist goes rogue. Defense attorneys forced to litigate each case. It takes years.

Posted on February 18, 2025 by csidds

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/denver-lawyer-client-prove-wrongful-conviction-forensic-analyst-missy-woods-arrest-mishandling-dna/

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Forensics: Medical review of child skin injuries. The bitemarkers have never referenced them and probably don’t know they even exist.

Posted on February 13, 2025 by csidds

https://www.pediatric.theclinics.com/article/S0031-3955(25)00004-5/abstract

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Forensics: Do judges and lawyers really care about junk forensics? It leads to false convictions and executions.Texas Supreme Court weighing Robert Roberson case.

Posted on November 14, 2024 by csidds

Justices are considering whether Roberson must testify before a Texas House committee before the state can carry out his execution. — Read on http://www.wfaa.com/article/news/state/texas-news/how-disagreements-about-texas-death-row-inmates-guilt-became-legal-battle-between-branches-government/287-1b2db227-0453-407f-9b6c-14cc37274f3e

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Forensics: Legal bullet expert doubts state’s bullet evidence against Richard Allen. Tech did not record negative results and did not test multiple weapons taken from double murder crime scene.

Posted on October 26, 2024 by csidds

CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. — The only piece of hard evidence presented before jurors in the Richard Allen double murder trial in Delphi that supposedly directly ties the defendant to the killings of Abby Williams and Libby German in 2017 is … Continue reading →

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Forensics: More worthless studies on gender IDs from lip prints and tongue shapes. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

Posted on October 20, 2024 by csidds

My critiques of bitemarks and similar pseudoscience practitioners got me banned from LinkedIn, the editorial board of the J of Forensics Sciences, and working for the US Department of Justice. How’s that for the “cancel culture” inside forensic science? My … Continue reading →

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