Forensics: Science. Replication is nearly impossible. The Ethics of Junk Science: It’s Time for a Reboot

Posted on April 16, 2026 by csidds

Science is supposed to be self-correcting. That mechanism is broken.
— Read on petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2026/04/15/the-ethics-of-junk-science-its-time-for-a-reboot/

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Forensics: Law. Key Trump lawyer who tried to overturn 2020 election permanently disbarred – Democracy Docket

Posted on April 15, 2026 by csidds

The California Supreme Court permanently disbarred John Eastman — a key architect in President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election — delivering one of the most consequential professional penalties yet for an election denier.
— Read on www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/key-trump-lawyer-who-tried-to-overturn-2020-election-permanently-disbarred/

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Forensics: Why Law Enforcement hates outside oversight of its forensic services. Error rates and unqualified examiners.

Posted on April 15, 2026 by csidds

www.theamericanconservative.com/__trashed-6/

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Forensics: Law. Fired career DOJ prosecutor in Mich. abortion clinic case speaks out. Protected access to reproductive services.

Posted on April 15, 2026 by csidds

Her firing came one day before Trump’s DOJ released a scathing take on Biden’s DOJ.
— Read on www.aol.com/articles/fired-doj-prosecutor-mich-abortion-220145504.html

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Forensics: Junk Science. Jimmy Genrich’s 1993 Murder Charges Dismissed – Innocence Project

Posted on April 14, 2026 by csidds

Mr. Genrich has spent 34 years wrongfully convicted of murder based on invalidated toolmark evidence, and now remains incarcerated on lesser charges due to a filing deadline technicality.
— Read on innocenceproject.org/news/jimmy-genrichs-1993-murder-charges-dismissed/

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Forensics: Toolmark “matching to the exclusion of all other tools” takes a hike. DA files motion to dismiss murder charges in 1991 pipe bombings

Posted on April 12, 2026 by csidds

The Mesa County district attorney is moving to dismiss murder charges against the man who was convicted of killing two people in a series of 1991 Grand Junction pipe bombings rather than go to a retrial.
— Read on www.denver7.com/news/local-news/mesa-county-da-files-motion-to-dismiss-murder-charges-against-man-convicted-in-1991-pipe-bombings

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Forensics: Justice. Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated black man

Posted on April 10, 2026 by csidds

A New Orleans man exonerated after serving nearly 30 years in prison has a new fight on his hands
— Read on abcnews.com/US/wireStory/louisiana-gop-races-eliminate-elected-office-won-exonerated-131893449

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Forensics: Police Spent 16 Years Hunting a Serial Killer. Then They Discovered the Humiliating Scientific Truth.

Posted on April 10, 2026 by csidds

The killer, who came to be known as the “Phantom of Heilbronn,” was actually the result of a critical forensic error.
— Read on www.yahoo.com/news/articles/police-spent-16-years-hunting-123000246.html

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Forensic DNA extraction from decomposed human soft tissues: Optimization using ethanol treatment and surfactant-based lysis conditions – ScienceDirect

Posted on April 10, 2026 by csidds

Forensic DNA extraction from decomposed human soft tissues: Optimization using ethanol treatment and surfactant-based lysis conditions – ScienceDirect
— Read on www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0379073826001489

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Forensics: California State Bar Challenges tRumps DOJ 1st Amendment Attack on Law Firms and Bar Investigations of Federal Lawyers.

Posted on April 8, 2026 by csidds

www.calbar.ca.gov/sites/default/files/portals/0/documents/CAStateBar-PublicComment-20260406.pdf

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