Category Archives: wrongful convictions

Forensics: Another long road to innocence story. “Trial 4: how a teen spent 22 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit”

Posted on November 12, 2020 by csidds

Netflix documentaries continue to add its voice uncovering the arcane, politicized, and certainly inequitable legal process allowed to prove innocence. Sean Ellis was 19 years old when he was arrested for killing a police officer in Boston. Decades later, he … Continue reading →

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Forensics: More costs for taxpayers: wrongful convictions. New Orleans DA Leon Cannizzaro sees $750k in legal bills for defense against misconduct claims

Posted on November 7, 2020 by csidds

Many claims for multiple DAs misconduct are in the New Orlean court system. Dirty tricks like false subpoenas and worse. The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office amassed at least $748,000 in legal bills related to misconduct allegations since 2017, a … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Anatomy of another wrongful conviction. Philly man, exonerated at 73, faced ‘stunning violation of constitutional rights’

Posted on October 23, 2020 by csidds

The ex-DA denies responsibility. Nice. These guys have no mercy. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office agreed that Antonio Martinez’s trial “was infected by serious official misconduct, resulting in his wrongful conviction.” — Read on http://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-exoneration-da-ciu-patricia-cummings-antonio-martinez-wrongful-conviction-20201023.html

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FORENSICS: The ABCs of how cops cheat with Fabricated Evidence: Forensic Deception, Planted Evidence and Forged Confessions

Posted on September 26, 2020 by csidds

Shocking? Not really. The National Registry of Exonerations data is quite revealing. By Kelsea Valerio (This is the fifth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced by Samuel R. Gross, Maurice J. — … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Locards paradigm rebuffed. Forensic research proves that textile fibres can be transferred between clothing in the absence of contact

Posted on August 15, 2020 by csidds

Fibers transfer without contact. LCN (low cell number) DNA needs similar studies. Forensic research proves that textile fibres can be transferred between clothing in the absence of contact — Read on phys.org/news/2020-08-forensic-textile-fibres-absence-contact.html

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Forensics: DAs office in the “lynching” shooting of black man circled their wagons over recent bitemark exoneration

Posted on May 18, 2020 by csidds

Read about how DAs still think bitemarks are scientific. Sheila Denton’s wrongful conviction came out of the same DA office which for 2 months said that unarmed Arbery’s murder was a “justifiable” shooting of a “suspected criminal.” What utter BS. … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Notorious bitemark expert in Netflix documentary has a few words about his “science.”

Posted on April 21, 2020 by csidds

The ex DA Forrest Allgood claims his “feelings” made him ignore the similarities of the multiple child murders in his jurisdiction. The “feeling” include his using a statement from a 7 year year old. He calls it “circumstantial evidence” of … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Trump, the USDoJ and prosecutors have put a clamp on forensic science reform.

Posted on April 13, 2020 by csidds

This article reveals how the reemergence of status quo government control of scientific review has overwhelmed state and US efforts to eradicate junk and outdated forensic practices. Dan Delgar at the NY Innocence Project explains how the effect of forensic … Continue reading →

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Forensics: The Innocence Projects legacy. Increasing the Integrity of Convictions Begins with Prosecutors

Posted on March 8, 2020 by csidds

  18 Utah-based convictions have been overturned since 1990 with prison sentences ranging from two years to life, according to the National Registry of Exonerations. Utah has approximately 3,000 prison admissions a year, and it is tempting to believe our wrongful … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Bogus pattern matching in Australia leads back to the US FBI

Posted on February 27, 2020 by csidds

Using science to correct false convictions goes on around the world. In Aussieland, this man spent 25 years in prison due to a “1/1,000 match” from a single hair. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/02/why-is-courtroom-science-so-unscientific/

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