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Forensics: Capital case appeals show procedural and evidentiary mistakes by prosecutors. Executions by states doubled in 2025, with Florida accounting for largest share.
Google Gemini and ChatGPT. — Read on lasvegassun.com/news/2026/jan/04/executions-by-states-doubled-in-2025-with-florida/
Forensics: A man was wrongfully convicted — that’s why Texas paid $2.5M
Welcome to less than fair justice reform in TX. Courts found the case against Allen Andre Causey was built on false testimony and suppressed evidence. — Read on http://www.statesman.com/opinion/columns/your-voice/article/opinion-man-wrongfully-convicted-that-s-21250976.php
Forensics: $$$. NY man whose conviction was tossed after decades in prison seeks $100M in new lawsuit p
Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez is suing the city and law enforcement officials who he says wrongfully arrested and prosecuted him. — Read on gothamist.com/news/ny-man-whose-conviction-was-tossed-after-decades-in-prison-seeks-100m-in-new-lawsuit
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Forensics: Medical examiner backtracks on shaken baby autopsy that sent Russell Maze to prison for life
Dr. Bruce Levy’s finding that shaken baby syndrome killed Russell Maze’s son, Alex, was critical in the Tennessee man’s murder conviction. Levy now says Maze is innocent. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dr-bruce-levy-backtrack-shaken-baby-syndrome-russell-maze-prison-rcna248219
Forensics: Law. 85% of people given federal pardons or clemency this year are white, House lawmaker’s report says
Eighty-five percent of the people granted pardons or clemency this year by President Donald Trump are white, and Jan. 6 defendants made up 90% of those who benefited, according to a new report compiled by Rep. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/85-people-federal-pardons-clemency-year-are-white-house-lawmakers-repo-rcna248867
Forensics: The Breakthrough Policy Wins We Secured That Shaped 2025 – Innocence Project
Motivated by the work of Innocence Project’s tenacious policy team, states took meaningful steps in 2025 to make the system fairer and more accountable. — Read on innocenceproject.org/news/the-breakthrough-policy-wins-we-secured-that-shaped-2025/
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/
Forensic Scientist Sues Nassau County, Claims Firing Was Whistleblower Retaliation | Massapequa, NY Patch
The suit claims the former employee was fired after participating in an inspector general’s investigation into the county crime lab. — Read on patch.com/new-york/massapequa/forensic-scientist-sues-nassau-county-claims-firing-was-whistleblower
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/
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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