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Forensic bias: Telling us less than what they know: Expert inconclusive reports conceal exculpatory evidence in forensic cartridge-case comparisons.
Forensics: Koehler, Mnookin and Saks on The scientific reinvention of forensic science. Bitemarks NOT reinvented in their analysis. Ask the #AAFS why this has NOT happened.
Forensic science is undergoing an evolution in which a long-standing “trust the examiner”
focus is being replaced by a “trust the scientific method…
— Read on http://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301840120
Forensics: Retrospective on effects of Mary Bush reseach. “Impossible to find old cases.” UB researcher brings awareness to flaws in bitemark evidence
There’s an ongoing effort to raise awareness and reverse mistakes caused by bite mark evidence.
— Read on spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2023/09/25/ub-researcher-brings-awareness-to-flaws-in-bitemark-evidence
Forensics: Fake cop evidence. Who pays out millions to the wrongfully convicted in Ohio? You do.
Charles Jackson retraced the same steps he took in 1991, walking into Casino East bar on Cleveland’s east side, that night he had no idea just how much those steps would cost him.
— Read on www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/taxpayers-on-the-hooks-as-the-state-pays-out-of-millions-of-dollars-to-wrongfully-imprisoned
Forensics: Anatomy of junk forensics baffling Juries that don’t understand forensic science who send innocent people to prison − a short training video could help
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary…
— Read on www.ctinsider.com/news/article/juries-that-don-t-understand-forensic-science-can-18393874.php
Forensics: OUCH!Connecticut agrees to a $25 million settlement in the Henry Lee evidence fabrication case | AP News
Connecticut’s attorney general has agreed to a $25.2 million settlement with two men who spent decades in prison for murder, based partly on evidence presented by famed forensic scientist Henry Lee that a judge later found was fabricated.
— Read on apnews.com/article/henry-lee-fabricated-murder-birch-connecticut-f87fb7a6fdcc256849a7daa72296b9bd
Forensics: More Junk Cop Forensics. AI Led to Her Wrongful Arrest for Carjacking at 8 Months Pregnant
Police falsely accused Porcha Woodruff of carjacking after misusing facial recognition technology, which experts say has built-in racial biases.
— Read on people.com/porcha-woodruff-arrest-ai-facial-recognition-7966714
Forensics: Finally. Appeals court agrees shaken baby syndrome is ‘junk science’ in some cases
A New Jersey appellate court sided with two fathers accused of child abuse who argued the science behind shaken baby syndrome isn’t sound.
— Read on newjerseymonitor.com/2023/09/13/appeals-court-agrees-shaken-baby-syndrome-is-junk-science-in-some-cases/
