Forensics: Zealot-advocates of Shaken baby syndrome use Dodgy science send parents to jail

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

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Forensics: Yah Lauren K!!Herman Williams Is Exonerated After Nearly Three Decades of Wrongful Conviction

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/

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Forensics: Danny Lee Hill ‘bite-mark’ claim sent to US judge

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/

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Forensics: Colorado cold cases. Who murdered Gary Johnson in 1990?

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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Forensics: The World’s Largest Experiment Simulating Dead Bodies in Suitcases Is Underway : ScienceAlert

A crime scene can present itself in any form and size.
— Read on www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-largest-experiment-simulating-dead-bodies-in-suitcases-is-underway

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Forensics: Michigan State Police: 3,250 THC lab reports may be inaccurate

The Michigan State Police say about 3,250 lab reports on THC toxicology samples in prosecutions may be inaccurate because of a technical issue.
— Read on www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2022/09/01/michigan-state-police-3250-thc-lab-reports-may-be-inaccurate/

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Forensics: The politics of medical quackery. Arizona Doctors Won’t Have to Promote “Junk Science” as State Backs Out of Medication Abortion Fight

Earlier this week, in what is being hailed as a victory for women’s health, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office backed out of a lawsuit that had challenged a 2015 law requiring physicians to inform women that the so-called abortion pill is reversible if a woman changes her mind after taking the first stage of the two-drug sequence.
— Read on www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/az-doctors-officially-liberated-from-junk-science-law-as-attorney-general-concedes-medication-abortion-fight-8582253

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Forensics: NamUS case. Missing wife. Husband on trial. Mental competency hearing postponed in Larry Millete case – Court TV

Larry Millete is charged with killing his missing wife, Maya Millete. Prosecutors believe he killed her because she wanted a divorce.
— Read on www.courttv.com/news/mental-competency-hearing-postponed-in-larry-millete-case/

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Forensics: Anti-science 🤡 Tucker Carlson said BS about Anthony Fauci this week. Most was misleading or false | Science | AAAS

Almost everything Tucker Carlson said about Anthony Fauci this week was misleading or false | Science | AAAS
— Read on www.science.org/content/article/almost-everything-tucker-carlson-said-about-anthony-fauci-week-was-misleading-or-false

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“Forensic gold that later became worthless junk.” Bitemarkers in Texas criminal court.

www.texasobserver.org/junk-science-forensics-chris-fabricant/

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