Category Archives: junk forensic science

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

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: Junk science provider RFK Jr. Lies About Mifepristone…Again

The Quickie: RFK Jr. Lies About Mifepristone…Again — Read on http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/tipsheets/the-quickie-rfk-jr-lies-about-mifepristone-again

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Forensics: Bitemark fakery was acceptable? Prosecutors ask state’s highest court to reinstate death row inmate Jimmie Duncan’s conviction

Duncan’s 1998 conviction was vacated in April after a judge found it was based in part on discredited science, but prosecutors are fighting his release. — Read on veritenews.org/2025/09/01/jimmie-duncan-death-row-bail-state-supreme-court/

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Forensics: Finally thinkiing like scientists after decades of assumptions. Scientists Think Weird Bloodstain Physics Could Help Solve Murder Cases

The ways that a bloodstain behaves could help show investigators the speed and angle at which blood splattered onto a fabric. — Read on http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65821542/bloodstain-physics/

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Forensics: Protecting police homicides? When Death Investigations Go Wrong

A growing body of data shows how outdated forensic methods and unreliable expert testimony distort justice. — Read on innocenceproject.org/news/when-death-investigations-go-wrong-new-research-reveals-the-risks-of-wrongful-conviction/

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Forensics: Trumps attack on science in last six months.

https://www.cancertherapyadvisor.com/news/trump-admins-attacks-on-science/

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Forensics: Junk FBI hair “science” got him convicted.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/john-huffington-maryland-lawsuit-memorial-day-b2795808.html

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Forensics: Police custody deaths under independent review.

87 restraint Police custody deaths from Maryland Medical Examiner office investigated for coverup https://open.substack.com/pub/radleybalko/p/new-study-state-medical-examiners?r=j5102&utm_medium=ios

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Forensics: Another “best guess” police method gets debunked. Matching bullets and cartridges.

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Forensics: Quackery personified. Im sure the WH will start its own science journal. Id call it “Science for Dummies.”

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02080-1

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