Category Archives: wrongful convictions

🧪Forensics: CT paying out 8 wrongful convictions all in one month! Police methods got the wrong suspects.

Posted on February 14, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Massive police crime lab scandal in Colorado. Faked DNA results affects hundreds of cases.

Posted on January 25, 2025 by csidds

https://washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/23/dna-test-fraud-colorado/

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Forensics: Prosecutors give excuses and denials for wrongful convictions.

Posted on January 17, 2025 by csidds

Forensics: False conviction lawsuits creates a blame game between cops and prosecutors. Typical. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/allan-woodhouse-brian-anderson-lawsuit-defence-1.7433555

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Forensics: Welcome to the world of justice delayed and wrongful convictions. Forensic science failures persist as labs fail to adopt standards

Posted on November 18, 2024 by csidds

Forensic science has deadly stakes, but half of the largest labs in the U.S. haven’t adopted federal standards, including for DNA tests and guns. — Read on http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/11/18/forensic-science-crime-lab-police-dna-test/75823347007/

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Forensics: Do judges and lawyers really care about junk forensics? It leads to false convictions and executions.Texas Supreme Court weighing Robert Roberson case.

Posted on November 14, 2024 by csidds

Justices are considering whether Roberson must testify before a Texas House committee before the state can carry out his execution. — Read on http://www.wfaa.com/article/news/state/texas-news/how-disagreements-about-texas-death-row-inmates-guilt-became-legal-battle-between-branches-government/287-1b2db227-0453-407f-9b6c-14cc37274f3e

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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

Posted on October 27, 2024 by csidds

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/

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Forensics: Incompetent hair analysis led to 8 executions and hundreds of convictions. Virginia Crime Commission recommends deeper review of Mary Jane Burton’s work | VPM

Posted on October 25, 2024 by csidds

A panel of experts could determine if “pattern of misconduct” occurred. — Read on http://www.vpm.org/news/2024-10-24/mary-jane-burton-admissible-scott-surovell-virginia-dna-testing

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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

Posted on October 23, 2024 by csidds

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

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Forensics: Texas’ junk science law is getting another look over Robert Roberson’s case – ABC News

Posted on October 20, 2024 by csidds

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 →

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Forensics: Cops immunity wont help this problem. Chicago’s wrongful conviction calamity leaves taxpayers on the hook for a fortune in claims, possibly billions of dollars – ABC7 Chicago

Posted on September 20, 2024 by csidds

Chicago wrongful conviction settlements could reach the billions of dollars, on top of $750 million for policy brutality and convictions since 2000. — Read on abc7chicago.com/post/chicagos-wrongful-conviction-calamity-leaves-taxpayers-hook-fortune-claims-possibly-billions-dollars/15327607/

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