Category Archives: prosecutorial misconduct

Forensics: Police custody deaths under independent review.

Posted on July 21, 2025 by csidds

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: From The Intercept’s investigator journalists Jordan Smith and Liliana Segura. Emails Show Oklahoma AG Agreed to Release Richard Glossip

Posted on July 18, 2025 by csidds

In an explosive new court filing, Glossip’s attorneys accuse Gentner Drummond of reneging on a plan negotiated in 2023. — Read on theintercept.com/2025/07/16/glossip-drummond-oklahoma-death-row/

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Federal Court Excoriates Prosecutors in Grant of Relief to Former Virginia Death-Sentenced Prisoner Who Has Always Maintained His Innocence | Death Penalty Information Center

Posted on July 11, 2025 by csidds

On July 7, 2025, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of for­mer Virginia death-sen­tenced pris­on­er Justin Wolfe, vacat­ing a low­er… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/federal-court-excoriates-prosecutors-in-grant-of-relief-to-former-virginia-death-sentenced-prisoner-who-has-always-maintained-his-innocence

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Forensics: Alaska awards $$$ for decades long false imprisonment.

Posted on April 18, 2025 by csidds

https://apnews.com/article/alaska-fairbanks-four-lawsuit-settlement-096c35f8e29bdbb19529fd21244a515b

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Forensics: DAs play the blame game regarding their misconduct case reviews. Do not want independent oversight.

Posted on April 15, 2025 by csidds

https://nysfocus.com/2025/04/14/wrongful-conviction-integrity-unit-new-york-prosecutorial-misconduct

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Forensics: High murder rates, cheating cops, and reluctant judges lead to bad results. DAs guard against new evidence “like Spartans defending Thermopylae.”

Posted on April 8, 2025 by csidds
Posted in Bad Forensic Science, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, Exoneration costs, forensic fraud, Forensic science misconduct, human rights violations, prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Forensics: Faked junk bitemark testimony by discredited dentist may lead to first execution in LA since 2010. Governor and AG could care less. Unbelievable.

Posted on March 11, 2025 by csidds

The legacy of bitemark quackery is horrendous. This dentist has had 7 of his cases overturned on appeal. https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jimmie-duncan-bite-mark-analysis-death-row-junk-science

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Forensics: Faking crime scene records by forensic “scientists” in DC. 700 cases. Defense attorneys were eventually notified by prosecutors.

Posted on March 11, 2025 by csidds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/11/crime-scene-lab-forensic-inspector-general-falsifying/

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Trumps’ DC AG threatens Georgetown Law school for teaching civil rights in its curriculum. Next stop will be a constitutional law ban. The AG is going after a school for lawyers! How stupid is THAT.

Posted on March 7, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: New laws force full Discovery in criminal cases. In some states. Recent cases of dishonest convictions have dropped in New York

Posted on March 5, 2025 by csidds

. https://innocenceproject.org/discovery-reform-is-under-attack-8-key-facts-you-need-to-know/

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