Category Archives: junk forensic science

Forensics: Tainted Testimony: Discredited FBI bullet analysis freed one man while leaving another behind bars.

Decades after the FBI discontinued the use of controversial forensic science, there’s a push to review past convictions — Read on http://www.kxii.com/2026/02/09/tainted-testimony-discredited-fbi-bullet-analysis-freed-one-man-while-leaving-another-behind-bars/

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Forensics: Targeting debunked forensics, Oregon lawmakers propose narrowed wrongful conviction bill. 43% of wrongful convictions based on junk science like bitemarks.

Targeting debunked forensics, Oregon lawmakers propose narrowed wrongful conviction bill | The Outlook — Read on theoutlookonline.com/2026/02/05/targeting-debunked-forensics-oregon-lawmakers-propose-narrowed-wrongful-conviction-bill/

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Forensics: Junk forensics. Hair. Hawaii man fights 34-year-old rape conviction based on debunked forensics

A bombshell 2009 report suggested widespread errors in the FBI’s crime labs in the late 1980s and early 1990s, leading to convictions over potentially scientifically unsound evidence. — Read on http://www.courthousenews.com/hawaii-man-fights-34-year-old-rape-conviction-based-on-debunked-forensics/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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

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