Category Archives: human rights violations

Forensics: Was Trey Reed lynched or was he a suicide? His family ignored by local cops. Kaepernick Institute paid for 2d autopsy.

Posted on October 3, 2025 by csidds

Update: No official info on the 2d autopsy. There is a social media screenshot from Today (Saturday) at the end of this post that is unverified. What is known Demartravion “Trey” Reed, a 21-year-old Black student at Delta State University … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Ridiculous. Massachusetts’ Statute of Limitations for Rape Is One of the Shortest in the Nation

Posted on September 12, 2025 by csidds

State law prevents prosecution of rape suspects after 15 years, even when investigators think new evidence, including DNA, could lead to a conviction. — Read on http://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape

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Forensics: Junk Bite mark testimony sent Alabama man to prison for life. Now the expert says he was wrong – al.com

Posted on September 10, 2025 by csidds

Alabama’s AG Steve Marshall would retry the Salem witch case and find them guilty. Bite mark testimony sent Alabama man to prison for life. Now the expert says he was wrong – al.com — Read on http://www.al.com/news/2025/09/bite-mark-testimony-sent-alabama-man-to-prison-for-life-now-the-expert-says-he-was-wrong.html

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Forensics: Operation “DataBack” project wants to centralize Native DNA for missing persons investigations.

Posted on April 19, 2025 by csidds

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/18/forensic-dna-breaks-new-ground-for-mmip-cold-cases

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Forensics: High murder rates, cheating cops, and reluctant judges lead to bad results. DAs guard against new evidence “like Spartans defending Thermopylae.”

Posted on April 8, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Local judge goes after ICE for violating man’s right to due process during court proceedings.

Posted on April 1, 2025 by csidds

https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-judge-ice-contempt-case/64343137

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Forensics: its faster to use a judge to gain innocence rather than use a DA conviction integrity unit. DAs tout how good they are. They are not.

Posted on March 6, 2025 by csidds

https://nysfocus.com/2025/03/06/wrongful-conviction-district-attorney-new-york-exoneration

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Indigenous families experience homicides TEN TIMES HiGHER than the general population.

Posted on March 2, 2025 by csidds

https://www.threads.net/@kelseycombe/post/DGs2_LkOyzr?xmt=AQGzF2U0ovQ3PLh4OAPaGsT8u9bmcccTat_6ZbtsQ7ZHBQ

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Forensics: MS cops’ history of planting evidence and illegal searches. Plus torture.

Posted on February 22, 2025 by csidds

https://www.wlbt.com/2025/02/21/former-mississippi-sheriffs-deputy-describes-rampant-violence-by-goon-squad/

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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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