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False Sexual Allegations Filed Against 68 Year Old Woman
The Oregonian tells the story of how a chance encounter in a public restroom turned into a nightmare of false sexual abuse allegations against a 68 year old grandmother. Click…
Black American Citizens Being Held At Interrogation Center
The Guardian reports that 3,500 people held at Homan Square, a police warehouse described by some of its arrestees as a secretive interrogation facility in Chicago, have been subsequently charged with
Flaws in Hair Analysis Not Being Reviewed
In 2013, the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board published a memo urging state and local labs to review their hair analysis case files. Since then, two states
Mine Resistant Vehicles Used For Drug Busts
Mother Jones has a very interesting article regarding the militarization of our local police forces. Their magazine obtained more than 450 local requests for mine resistant ambush protected vehicle, o
Top Prosecutors Breaking the Law
The State Attorney General in Texas and Pennsylvania are both being indicted. Texas State Attorney General, Ken Paxton is being indicted on felony securities and fraud charges. Pennsylvania State Atto
15 Innocent but Jailed and/or Executed
Cameron Todd Willingham Ellis Wayne Felker Colin Campbell Ross Mahmood Hussein Mattan George Kelly James Bain Raymond Towler Alton Logan Michael Anthony Green Gregory Taylor Rolando Cruz Shawn Massey
Unequal Justice For Some
A new prison system in Southern California is called “pay-to-stay”. A wealthy family was able to upgrade their son’s 2-year prison stay at cost of $72,000. According to Peter Eliasberg, legal director
The Crime Of Being Poor
The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the small Louisiana town of Ville Platte. The DOJ is looking into whether poor residents are being improperly jailed without cause…
US Criminal System Destroying Lives
When we read of exonerations, usually people have been convicted for years and we wonder why it took so long to get things right. Here is a story that shows…
Judges Dialing For Donations
Here is an interesting and personal accounting by Judge Sue Cobb on why judges should not be publicly elected. Here is a quote from this very telling narrative, “I was…
FBI Lied In Over 95% of Hair Analysis Cases
The FBI has admitted that 26 of 28 hair analysts have lied under oath while testifying during criminal cases. So far this is true for 95% of the cases that…
Crime Labs Are Not Like TV Crime Shows
Crime labs are not run like television crime dramas. Unfortunately, “forensic science” is shown to be a lot less science than what prosecutors and TV shows lead us to believe.…