Category Archives: junk forensic science

Forensics: Trump using junk science to ferret out disloyalty in his minions.

https://futurism.com/trump-polygraph-lie-detector-leak

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Forensics: BS crime testing for arson leads to mom being charged with murder. Famed arson scientist John Lentini now on her case. Junk forensics is endemic in the US.

https://theintercept.com/2025/03/31/florida-michelle-taylor-arson-fire-murder-trial/

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Forensics: Independent review of autopsy counters TX plan for execution. Junk forensic science sent him to death row.

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Forensics: Bitemarkers are desperate to prove their myth of individualizing perps from front teeth by scanning 100 test subjects.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40116296/

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Forensics: Video look at a crime lab tech who is charged w 102 counts of fakery and 10,000 cases to review.

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Forensics: A deep look at the junk vaccine study used by RFKJr and Covid deniers to lie about autism link. Worth a read.

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Forensics: Why tRumps DOJ continues to mess up forensic improvement and distorts justice. This is from his first term in 2017.

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Forensics: What happens when a police crime lab scientist goes rogue. Defense attorneys forced to litigate each case. It takes years.

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/denver-lawyer-client-prove-wrongful-conviction-forensic-analyst-missy-woods-arrest-mishandling-dna/

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Forensics: The long road for exonorees demanding compensation for years in prison. Oregon AG denies 40 innocence claims.

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/02/18/oregon-wrongful-convictions-bipartisan-bill-exonerated-exoneree-crime-justice/

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Forensics: ๐Ÿงช Police misconduct settlements reaches $107.5M in 2024. Taxpayers on the hook for it.

https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_94595428-eb22-11ef-8a89-d388139ed6ad.html

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