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Forensics: Bitemarks. Prosecutors Want to Keep a Man in Prison for His Wife’s Murder — Despite Judge Saying Their Evidence is Junk
Slamming the bogus bite-mark analysis that sent Charles McCrory to prison in 1985, the judge vacated his conviction. — Read on theintercept.com/2026/10/28/bite-mark-forensics-junk-science-mccrory/
Failed test at Roanoke crime lab flags thousands of convictions for review
The department says the issue dates to 2024, when the two employees did not get the expected results on tests designed to check their work — Read on http://www.wdbj7.com/2026/10/26/failed-test-roanoke-crime-lab-flags-thousands-convictions-review/
Forensics: Weak science. Court acceptance. Canadian Law Expert Questions Ballistics, Bloodstain and Sniffer Dog Evidence
Canadian Law Expert Questions Ballistics, Bloodstain and Sniffer Dog Evidence — Read on http://www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-News/628947-Canadian-Law-Expert-Questions-Ballistics-Bloodstain-and-Sniffer-Dog-Evidence/
Forensics: Junk pathology test from the 1700s. Maryland Used Discredited Science to Convict a Woman of Murdering Her Newborn
Advocates say the case is an alarming example of the prevalence of unsubstantiated forensic science. — Read on truthout.org/articles/maryland-used-discredited-science-to-convict-a-woman-of-murdering-her-newborn/
Forensics: 5 takeaways after judge orders Alabama to retry man convicted on bite mark evidence
Read about forensic dentist Richard Souviron. Defendant McCrory has spent 41 years in prison. http://www.al.com/news/2026/09/5-takeaways-after-judge-orders-alabama-to-retry-man-convicted-on-bite-mark-evidence.html
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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