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Forensics: Shaken Baby Syndrome Has Been Largely Debunked. Courts Are Still Catching Up.
Some MDs don’t seem able to read the child’s medical records. Cops become “level of grief” experts. As in the “mother didn’t cry enough.” Katie Smith, whose murder conviction was based on what’s increasingly seen as junk science, is fighting … Continue reading
Forensics: What to Know: Junk Science in Death Penalty Cases.
DPI’s “What to Know” series examines capital punishment from multiple angles, one topic at a time. Each installment provides essential facts… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/what-to-know-junk-science-in-death-penalty-cases
Forensics: A Primer On False Bitemark Evidence Cloaked as the Truth. When junk science decides guilt in the South. Case Studies.
Below is an opinion column by Jeremy Hutchinson, Mark Bowling and Mark Kate Mull: States should adopt the federal standard for expert testimony and make reliability a threshold requirement, not a question left for jurors to sort out after unreliable science … Continue reading
Forensics: Another bitemark case! 1989 Eugene murder conviction relied on junk science. Now the man wrongfully convicted has been released after 37 years.
A 1989 Eugene murder conviction relied on junk science. Now the man wrongfully convicted has been released – OPB — Read on http://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/18/a-1989-eugene-murder-conviction-relied-on-junk-science-now-the-man-wrongfully-convicted-has-been-released/
Forensics: Total junk. Bite marks ID gator that killed woman swimming in Florida river
Police now can “match” gator teeth? The victim, Brittany Clark of Orlando, was hiking with her boyfriend and friends near the Barr Street Trailhead in the Little Big Econ State Forest — Read on http://www.wesh.com/article/bite-marks-id-gator-fatally-mauled-woman-swimming-florida-river/71834594
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Forensics: Louisiana death row prisoner freed after bite mark evidence deemed ‘scientifically indefensible’
Justice Cade Cole wrote on behalf of the seven-member court that new evidence presented by Duncan’s legal team left no doubt that his conviction should be overturned. — Read on lailluminator.com/2026/06/30/louisiana-bite-mark/
Forensics: Another bitemark exoneration. Conviction of man in 1989 Eugene murder is tossed out under new ‘junk science’ law
A new state law lists bite-mark analysis as a discredited forensic science, and Oregon Department of Justice attorneys agreed that under the law the conviction of Robert Lyons should be vacated. The Lane County District Attorney must decide whether to … Continue reading
Forensics: Junk Medicine in 13 States. Indiana Attempts to Restrict Access to Medication Abortion, Spreads Misinformation to Intimidate Patients and Providers
Indiana Attempts to Restrict Access to Medication Abortion, Spreads Misinformation to Intimidate Patients and Providers | Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates — Read on http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-alliance-advocates/press-releases/indiana-attempts-to-restrict-access-to-medication-abortion-spreads-misinformation-to-intimidate-patients-and-providers
Forensics: Israeli Military Medics Are Training On Dead Americans – YouTube
https://youtu.be/GXkfo_ImlUk?si=2RRl6KI7cVGtJxON A U.S. university is selling dead bodies that were donated for scientific research and education to the U.S. Navy. And some of those bodies are being used to train Israeli military surgical teams in Los Angeles – all without … Continue reading
Forensics: Bitemarks fabricated. Man who spent decades on death row awaits Louisiana Supreme Court ruling on his case
A West Monroe man who spent decades on death row is waiting for the Louisiana Supreme Court to decide the next chapter in his case after his conviction was set aside last year. — Read on http://www.kplctv.com/2026/05/22/man-who-spent-decades-death-row-awaits-louisiana-supreme-court-ruling-his-case/
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