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Forensics: List of state stats for wrongful convictions. You might want to avoid the worst state: Illinois. The study should have included racial disparities.
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Forensics: Buyer beware for victims of online extortion looking for help.
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Forensics: Performing Forensics: Doctors Becoming Expert Witnesses
Doctors in skeptical Scotland had to persuade the courts to listen to them, in part because of the historical animosity between the professions of law and medicine. — Read on daily.jstor.org/performing-forensics-doctors-becoming-expert-witnesses/
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Forensics: Low genetic diversity in DNA samples leads to false positives. DNA analysis is less accurate for some people, new University of Oregon study finds
A University of Oregon study found DNA analysis can be less accurate for some groups of people, which can incorrectly link them to a crime. — Read on http://www.koin.com/news/oregon/forensic-dna-analysis-is-less-accurate-for-some-people-university-of-oregon-study-finds/
Forensics: TX governore Abbott pissed off at junk science commission “interfering” with justice. Death row inmate does not testify before Texas lawmakers despite a subpoena
Robert Roberson was scheduled to be executed last Thursday for the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis – who allegedly died from shaken baby syndrome. — Read on http://www.wcvb.com/article/texas-lawmakers-testimony-death-row-inmate-robert-roberson-subpoena/62674022
Forensics: Texas’ junk science law is getting another look over Robert Roberson’s case – ABC News
Since its inception in 2013, 74 appeals citing “junk science” have been denied. 1/3 were from death row. All have been denied. A man whose execution was halted will testify at a legislative hearing about a “junk science” law in … Continue reading
Forensics: Medical Sleuthing Identified the Dangers of Thalidomide | Scientific American
FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham wanted data that would show that thalidomide was safe to use during pregnancy. It wasn’t — Read on http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/medical-sleuthing-identified-the-dangers-of-thalidomide/
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Forensics: Costs of bad convictions. this one is $50M.
This US state is approaching $1B in exon awards over 2 decades. https://chicagocrusader.com/wrongfully-convicted-man-awarded-over-50m-in-federal-court/
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