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Forensics: Faked junk bitemark testimony by discredited dentist may lead to first execution in LA since 2010. Governor and AG could care less. Unbelievable. 🧪

www.propublica.org/article/loui...
He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.
Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man still awaits execution based on their testimony.
www.propublica.org
Forensics. Law. US MilitaryJustice Code ignored. Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly.
He joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders.”
apnews.com/article/pentagon-mark-kelly-troop-investigation-4882f76b05dcdfa3060c284c2c84d
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Forensics: Law. Profiteering. Senators Demand Probe of Noem-Linked Firm’s Secret Work on DHS Ad Campaign

Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Forensics: Anthropology. ‘A spiritual restoration': Family obtains jars made by enslaved potter Dave Drake. 🧪

The first major U.S. art restitution case involving works made by an enslaved person.
— Read on apnews.com/article/david-drake-pottery-slavery-museum-c6f3576b538ee7420766bfd38bde4bd8
Descendants obtain works of enslaved potter in landmark restitution deal
The family of enslaved potter David Drake — known as “Dave the Potter” — has reclaimed two rare stoneware jars he created in South Carolina before the Civil War in what experts call the first major U....
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Forensics: What First Amendment? The Feds Want to Make anti-fascist paper a crime

Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
— Read on theintercept.com/2025/11/23/prairieland-ice-antifa-zines-criminalize-protest-journalism/
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Forensics: Major blow to junk forensics. New Jersey Supreme Court bars 'shaken baby syndrome' testimony.
Show this to Texas governor Greg Abbott.

reason.com/2025/11/21/new-jersey-becomes-first-state-to-bar-shaken-baby-syndrome-testimony-at-trial/
New Jersey becomes first state to bar 'shaken baby syndrome' testimony at trial
Dozens of "shaken baby syndrome" convictions have been overturned over the years, but until now, no state court system has limited its use in criminal prosecutions.
reason.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Forensics: This could bankrupt Erie county in New York. 🧪 over $4B to exonorees in the US spent so far since 1989.

www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york/fed...
Federal jury awards $80 million to estate of NY man wrongfully convicted of murder
A federal jury awarded $80 million to the estate of a New York man whose conviction in a 1976 murder was overturned after he spent nearly a quarter century in prison.
www.nbcnewyork.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Forensics: Law. More election lies from Southern politicians.
www.nola.com/opinions/let...
Letters: Murrill's attack on candidate was out of line
Attorney General Liz Murrill should not have tried to interfere in New Orleans elections, especially when she had her facts wrong. In the primary election for Clerk of Criminal Court,
www.nola.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Forensics: AI looking at fingerprint comparisons. 🧪

AI captured similarities fingerprint similarities in individuals not related to traditional loops, whorls and endpoints.
www.leravi.org/new-ai-discovery-claims-fingerprints-arent-truly-unique-and-it-could-rewrite-forensic-science-16521/
New AI discovery claims fingerprints aren’t truly unique — And it could rewrite forensic science - Le Ravi
Human investigators have trusted fingerprints for more than 100 years — but what if a core belief behind that system was wrong all along ? A new
www.leravi.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Forensics: History of “no knock” home invasions by police. Collateral Damage: Episode Seven: Dirty Information.

NYPD mistakenly raided Alberta Spruill’s home — and literally scared her to death.
— Read on theintercept.com/2025/11/19/collateral-damage-episode-seven-dirty-information/
Episode Seven: Dirty Information
Years before the police killing of Breonna Taylor brought “no-knock” raids into the national spotlight, the NYPD mistakenly raided Alberta Spruill’s home — and literally scared her to death.
theintercept.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Forensics: 31% due to junk CSI style forensics. Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Race, and Wrongful Convictions | American Civil Liberties.

Summary of factors. POC and indigent predominate in these cases. 
— Read on www.aclu.org/publications/fatal-flaws-innocence-race-and-wrongful-convictions
Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Race, and Wrongful Convictions | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Forensics: British wrongful conviction. How close are police to finding Diane Sindall's real killer? BBC

Peter Sullivan served 38 years in jail after he was wrongly convicted of Diane Sindall's 1986 murder.
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9p79lxrlzo
How close are police to finding Diane Sindall's real killer?
Peter Sullivan served 38 years in jail after he was wrongly convicted of Diane Sindall's 1986 murder.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Trump decimates health care education in 2026 proposed budget. ​Anti health education trend continues. 🧪

Nursing Shortage Risk: Cuts to these programs could worsen the nursing workforce shortage by limiting educational pathways (loan forgiveness, faculty development, and diversity initiatives).
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Forensics: Pure extortion and grift. Kennedy’s junk science puts Tylenol — and Trump — on Trial.
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Extreme claims about Tylenol are making their way into courtrooms across America.
— Read on thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5602170-kennedys-junk-science-puts-tylenol-and-trump-on-trial/
thehill.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Its a fact, not a suggestion. Its on the taxpayers burden for the $. The wrong doers get indemnified for the damages by their employers. Then the public takes the hit. Illinois has paid $750M. The total US since 1989 is over $4B to exonorees.
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Forensics: Cops hid DNA evidence. Tulsa to pay man wrongfully convicted of rape in 1991 $26.5 million.

But they won’t pay reparations for the 1923 Massacre. 🧪

www.oklahoman.com/story/news/courts/2025/11/13/tulsa-ok-paying-26-million-william-henry-jamerson-wrongful-conviction-rape/87251052007/
After 35-year legal fight, Tulsa to pay $26.5 million to man wrongfully convicted of rape
The Tulsa City Council on Wednesday approved paying $26.25 million to a man who spent more than two decades in prison for a rape he did not commit.
www.oklahoman.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Forensics: Demanding scientific rigor in governmental policies. Not a radical concept everywhere but in DC. 🧪

www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ACLU Files Lawsuit to Demand Transparency from the FDA in Its Review of Medication Abortion Regulations | American Civil Liberties Union
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit yesterday to compel the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to disclose records...
www.aclu.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Forensics: Right to Counsel. Judge tosses criminal case over $$ shortfall in US government shutdown. Private attorneys and court-appointed defense lawyers unpaid since July.
www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-tosses-criminal-case-over-funding-shortfall-tied-us-government-shutdown-2025-11-13/
www.reuters.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM