Category Archives: Medical errors

Forensics: 1984 murder charge of crime labber now described as lab error. 

Posted on February 5, 2020 by csidds

Those DAs in San Diego are relentless. They’ve ignored this for decades. Crime lab guy suicided before trial. DNA never lies. Right? https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2020-02-04/crime-lab-worker-testifies-he-might-have-contaminated-evidence-in-1984-murder-case

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Forensics: A nurse practitioner and a MD. Another horror story from the bruise pattern experts.

Posted on January 28, 2020 by csidds

This comes out of Milwaukee WI. Two married docs. Adopting a baby. A visit to the ER. Then the Inquisition started. Falsified records, a bitemarker-like MD who lectures about “saving the children,” inept child abuse advocates, and a reporter who … Continue reading →

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#Forensics: 16 minutes on DNA profiling, the good and the bad. From Dan Krane in Ohio

Posted on October 30, 2019 by csidds

The opponents (i.e. prosecutors) to Dan’s methodology say that standards for minimum sample size and commercial profiling companies testing for inconsistencies and unreliabilities are not necessary. Of course they do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpPkmDeS3Dg

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Forensic bias of CPS abuse doctors analyzed, revealed, and needs fixing.

Posted on February 13, 2019 by csidds

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Exonerated man testifies for forensic science bill

Posted on January 26, 2019 by csidds

A bill to help people wrongfully convicted by flawed forensic science is under consideration in Virginia, helped by a man who spent more than three decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. — Read on http://www.cbs19news.com/content/news/Exonerated-man-testifies-for-forensic-science-bill-504840491.html Bitemarks leads … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Medical errors 3rd highest cause of death in the US.

Posted on October 19, 2018 by csidds

This John Hopkins Institute study has a direct connection to inadequate death certification and CDC reporting capabilities. It was published in Tuesday https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/03/476636183/death-certificates-undercount-toll-of-medical-errors

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