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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/
Forensics: Science publishers earn millions in profits. I need a raise.
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Forensics: White House wants us to submit reports on biased media content.
I’d start with Fox News. https://www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
Posted in Crime, junk forensic science, pardons
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Forensics: Junk Science to blame. After FBI Issued Flawed Forensic Report, Police ID Original Suspect in 1974 Murder
After FBI Issued Flawed Forensic Report, Police ID Original Suspect in 1974 Murder — Read on http://www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-News/623038-After-FBI-Issued-Flawed-Forensic-Report-Police-ID-Original-Suspect-in-1974-Murder/
Posted in Crime, junk forensic science, police crime labs
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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/
Jimmie “Chris” Duncan is Released After 27 Years on Louisiana’s Death Row – Innocence Project
Mr. Duncan was wrongfully convicted of a crime that never occurred based on now discredited bite mark and forensic pathology testimony from notorious “experts” Michael West and Steven Hayne. — Read on innocenceproject.org/news/jimmie-chris-duncan-is-released-after-27-years-on-louisianas-death-row/
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
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/
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice, Exoneration costs, forensic fraud, forensic science misconduct, forensic science reform protecting the innocent, junk forensic science, wrongful convictions
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Forensics: Ignoring science in the US. CDC Website Now Boosts Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism
“This represents a new and devastating turn by the CDC.” — Read on gizmodo.com/cdc-website-now-boosts-debunked-link-between-vaccines-and-autism-2000688898
Forensics: 31% due to junk CSI style forensics. Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Race, and Wrongful Convictions | American Civil Liberties Union
Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Race, and Wrongful Convictions | American Civil Liberties Union — Read on http://www.aclu.org/publications/fatal-flaws-innocence-race-and-wrongful-convictions
FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends 