A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime on Monday filed a lawsuit against the city.
— Read on m.startribune.com/woman-whose-rape-dna-led-to-her-arrest-sues-san-francisco/600206222/
The effort is “the sixth largest mass dismissal of convictions in U.S. history,” the DA’s office said.
— Read on www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/09/07/brooklyn-da-to-toss-378-convictions
On December 8, 2021, Brunn W. Roysden, III asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the State of Arizona to execute an innocent man.
— Read on www.laprogressive.com/
Unless there is greater diversity in the field, much of the technology being developed will continue to ignore the impacts on people of color, according to a new report.
— Read on thecrimereport.org/2022/09/08/study-forensic-scientists-are-whiter-than-communities-they-serve/
Discovery+’s new series “House of Hammer” is removing an alleged image of a bite mark after viewers believed it was actually an image of a tattoo.
— Read on www.tmz.com/2022/09/07/armie-hammer-docuseries-remove-bite-mark-tattoo-house-hammer/
Prone restraint cardiac arrest in in‐custody and arrest‐related deaths – Weedn – 2022 – Journal of Forensic Sciences – Wiley Online Library
— Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1556-4029.15101
Yah Velena B!! The criminal justice system is targeting caregivers based on flawed science. That needs to stop.
— Read on www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/9/7/shaken-baby-syndrome-dodgy-science-is
A judge vacated the conviction of Herman Williams and ordered his immediate release after nearly 29 years in prison.
— Read on innocenceproject.org/herman-williams-is-exonerated-after-nearly-three-decades-of-wrongful-conviction/
Post convictin DAs say the junk science had no effect on the conviction. Utter BS. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Sixth District Court of Appeals has ordered a public defender’s bid to reopen convicted murderer Danny Lee Hill’s new claim
— Read on www.tribtoday.com/news/local-news/2022/09/danny-lee-hill-bite-mark-claim-sent-to-us-judge/
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office and Colorado Bureau of Investigation are searching for answers in a cold case murder from 31 years ago.
— Read on kdvr.com/news/colorado-cold-cases/cold-case-who-murdered-gary-johnson-in-1990/
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