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Forensics: Excited delirium: junk science used to distract from police killings
This has been going on for decades. Largely to excuse excessive force used by police. Excited delirium: junk science used to distract from police killings – Halifax Examiner — Read on http://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/excited-delirium-junk-science-used-to-distract-from-police-killings/
Forensics: Why Texas told the ABFO bitermarkers to buzz off.
Its Forensic Science Commission spent significant resources in their interviews with independent scientists about the dentists’ claiming bitemark reliability. The dentists showed up and lost. http://www.txcourts.gov/media/1445768/bite-mark-review-report.pdf
Forensics: My take on why the ABFO bitemarker dentists should be booted from the AAFS.
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Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice reform, Exoneration costs, forensic evidence exaggeration, forensic fraud, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, forensic testimony, junk forensic science, Ray Krone bitemark case, wrongful convictions
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Forensics: DeSantis killed the previous attempt to rid cop “hypnosis evidence.” Texas Senate advances bill to ban testimony derived under hypnosis
Forensic hypnosis is a technique used by law enforcement to boost a witness’s recall of the people, conversations and environment related to a crime. — Read on http://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/04/18/texas-senate-bill-338-prohibit-testimony-under-hypnosis-advances/70089073007/
Forensics: An alternate legal universe. The junk-science ruling restricting mifepristone approval uses language directly lifted from anti-abortion activists and media.
The junk-science ruling restricting mifepristone approval uses language directly lifted from anti-abortion activists and spread by right-wing media | Media Matters for America — Read on http://www.mediamatters.org/health-care/junk-science-ruling-restricting-mifepristone-approval-uses-language-directly-lifted
Forensics: Ineffective police gunshot surveillance. $$$ wasted. Study on ShotSpotter in Kansas City finds ‘no meaningful change’ in violence
Study on ShotSpotter in Kansas City finds ‘no meaningful change’ in violence – Albuquerque Journal — Read on http://www.abqjournal.com/2583316/kansas-city-study-finds-no-meaningful-change-in-violence.html
Forensics series about another lieing crime lab “scientist.” Admissible: Shreds of Evidence : NPR
Presented in partnership with iHeartMedia and Story Mechanics, Admissible is a new original podcast examining how a key building block of our justice system – evidence itself – is often flawed, disputed, or even manipulated. Hosted by reporter Tessa Kramer, … Continue reading
Forensics: False positives. Rhode Island Department of Health Forensic Chemistry Lab Contamination Investigation
Authorities are reviewing hundreds of test results at the Rhode Island Department of Health lab over concerns they could have been contaminated, the state’s… — Read on http://www.necn.com/news/local/hundreds-of-cases-under-review-after-potential-contamination-at-ri-forensics-lab/2947766/
Forensics: The fight for exoneration: Over 29,100 years ‘lost’ in prison in wrongful convictions, database finds
Over 29,100 years have been ‘lost’ in prison due to wrongful convictions, as Sidney Holmes’ 400-year prison sentence garners attention amid his exoneration. — Read on abcnews.go.com/US/fight-exoneration-29100-years-lost-prison-wrongful-convictions/story
Forensics: Museums still resist this process. Cornell University anthropology dept. returns Native Ancestors, Feb. 21, 60 years after they were dug out of ground
Cornell University anthropology dept. returns Native Ancestors, Feb. 21, 60 years after they were dug out of ground | Navajo-Hopi Observer | Navajo & Hopi Nations, AZ — Read on http://www.nhonews.com/news/2023/mar/14/cornell-university-anthropology-dept-returns-nativ/
