Forensics: This Gross negligence is systemic. They held him 525 days past his release. Will the courts let him fight back?

Posted on August 11, 2023 by csidds

The U.S. Supreme Court created the rule in 1982, after previously setting a “good faith” standard in 1967. Since this move of the goalposts, government officials have used qualified immunity to escape accountability for torture, theft and retaliation, along with hundreds of other abuses.
— Read on thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4142139-they-held-him-525-days-past-his-release-now-hell-fight-back-if-the-courts-will-let-him/

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Forensics: Wrongful conviction: Rosa Jimenez exonerated in Austin child’s death due to paper towel ingestion

Posted on August 8, 2023 by csidds

In the years after Jimenez was wrongfully found guilty, medical evidence and testimony that led to her 2005 conviction was found to be false.
— Read on www.statesman.com/story/news/2023/08/07/wrongful-conviction-rosa-jimenez-exonerated-in-austin-childs-death/70541801007/

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Forensis: Excellent Review. THE CHALLENGES TO THE FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN BITE MARKS IN SKIN Etc.

Posted on August 5, 2023 by csidds

Conclusions reveal why bm opinions are invalid. Skin distortion and cognitive biases are paramount. Great literature review.

View of THE CHALLENGES TO THE FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN BITE MARKS IN SKIN AND COMPARISON WITH TEETH
— Read on esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/4142/99193547137

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Forensics: Looking for more victims as Gilgo investigators upload missing teen’s profile into NamUS

Posted on August 5, 2023 by csidds

Update: A spokesperson for the NYS Police said the inquiry was not associated with the Gilgo Beach investigation. NEW YORK (PIX11) – Investigators with the Gilgo Beach Homicide Investigation Task Force added the profile of Judith Ramona Veloz, a Bronx teen who vanished from Manhattan in 1993, to a national missing persons database last October. […]
— Read on pix11.com/news/local-news/gilgo-investigators-upload-missing-teens-profile-into-national-database/

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Forensics: Confused legal thinking as Judge thinks junk evidence testimony insufficient for actual innocence claim. Father denied wrongful conviction compensation in 1998 ‘shaken baby’ case.

Posted on August 3, 2023 by csidds


https://thedailyrecord.com/2023/08/02/father-denied-wrongful-conviction-compensation-in-1998-shaken-baby-case/

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Forensics: Opposing the recent SEA bitemarkers post, bitemark analysis lacks scientific research

Posted on July 31, 2023 by csidds

a recent study has demonstrated that its use is not backed by scientific research and can lead to wrongful convictions
— Read on us.dental-tribune.com/news/forensic-bitemark-analysis-lacks-scientific-research-can-lead-to-wrongful-convictions/

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Forensics: These guys never quit. Dont forget they dissect out the bitemark. All you need to know about the Photography, Swabbing Method, Casting and Impression Method and Lifting Method

Posted on July 31, 2023 by csidds

Collection of bite marks in forensic odontology
1. Photography
2. Swabbing Method
3. Casting and Impression Method
4. Lifting Method

— Read on www.itsforensic.com/2023/07/collection-of-bite-marks-all-you-need.html

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Forensics: The Korean War veterans who never came home

Posted on July 30, 2023 by csidds

An intractable impasse between the U.S. and North Korea has stymied once-promising efforts to recover the remains of 5,200 troops lost during the Korean War.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/26/korean-war-repatriated-remains/

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NamUS cases. 13 sets of human remains found in Knox County, TN still unidentified

Posted on July 29, 2023 by csidds

With some dating back as far as the 1980s, a total of 13 unidentified remains cases in Knox County are still still unsolved.
— Read on www.wate.com/news/lonely-bones/13-sets-of-human-remains-still-unidentified-in-knox-county/

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Forensics: Missing girl walks into Montana police station four years after disappearing

Posted on July 28, 2023 by csidds

A teenage girl who went missing in Arizona four years ago suddenly showed up at a Montana police station near the Canadian border.
— Read on www.montanarightnow.com/content/tncms/live/

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