Category Archives: human rights violations

Forensics: Unequal justice. Why did Tennessee’s Pamela Moses receive a six-year prison sentence?

Posted on February 5, 2022 by csidds

Rachel Maddow Show: When Pamela Moses tried to register to vote — not cast a ballot, just register — she was criminally charged and sentenced to six years. — Read on http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-did-tennessee-s-pamela-moses-receive-six-year-prison-n1288648

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Forensic UK: Commitee established to study age estimation of asylum seekers. Headed by Dame Sue Black.

Posted on January 28, 2022 by csidds

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Forensics: 500 NYC Convictions to Be Tossed Based on Cop’s Alleged Perjury, DA Says – NBC New York

Posted on January 22, 2022 by csidds

Bad apple? Who else knew of this? Prosecutors in the Bronx say more than 500 convictions have been or will be dismissed because they relied on testimony from a former NYPD detective now facing… — Read on http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/500-nyc-convictions-to-be-tossed-based-on-cops-alleged-perjury-da-says/3505488/

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Forensics: Police corruption. Watts Scandal Grows as Attorneys Prepare for More Exonerations

Posted on January 19, 2022 by csidds

Cook County prosecutors are believed to be preparing to overturn the convictions of scores of individuals arrested on narcotics charges by corrupt Chicago… — Read on http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/watts-scandal-grows-as-attorneys-prepare-for-more-exonerations/2730906/

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Forensics: Satellites and geology methods. The science that is helping researchers find the ‘disappeared’ in Latin America

Posted on January 14, 2022 by csidds

Researchers are using modern forensic techniques to find the bodies of victims of civil conflict in Latin America. — Read on uk.news.yahoo.com/science-helping-researchers-disappeared-latin-112505035.html

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Forensics: False/misleading forensics compose 24% of wrongfully convicted nation wide. Michiganders have lost more than 1,415 years of freedom

Posted on January 11, 2022 by csidds

Deniers of these stats blame the lawyers. Wrongful convictions have led to Michiganders spending at least 1,417 years in prison. Nationwide, exonerees have lost at least 26,289 years to prison. — Read on http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/wrongfully-convicted-michiganders-have-lost-more-than-1415-years-of-freedom

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Forensics: Despite OK denying reparations: Remains of 1921 Tulsa Massacre to be identified at DNA lab.

Posted on January 4, 2022 by csidds

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – It was a story from her great-aunt that stayed with Jeanetta Williams. Williams, the head of the NAACP, Salt Lake branch grew up in Oklahoma and her great-aunt was a child in 1921. Back then, … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Opinion | Another victim of America’s greatest forensics fraudster has been exonerated – The Washington Post

Posted on January 1, 2022 by csidds

Bitemark stories from my casebook. The number of experts who can claim to have sent two innocent men to death row is pretty small. Michael West did it in a week. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/08/sherwood-brown-exonerated-michael-west/

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Forensics: Torrance police’s racist texts could jeopardize many cases – Los Angeles Times

Posted on December 9, 2021 by csidds

The Times has identified a dozen Torrance police officers who are under investigation for sharing racist and homophobic text messages and images. — Read on http://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-08/torrance-police-traded-racist-homophobic-texts-it-could-jeopardize-hundreds-of-cases

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Forensics: No surprise. Ahmaud Arbery’s Convicted Murderers Almost Escaped Charges, Thanks to Prosecutorial Misconduct

Posted on November 25, 2021 by csidds

As the trial wraps up, it’s important to remember that the first prosecutor on the case, Jackie Johnson, has been indicted for violating her oath of office. — Read on reason.com/2021/11/24/ahmaud-arbery-alleged-murderers-almost-escaped-charges-prosecutorial-misconduct-jackie-johnson-george-barnhill/

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