Martial G. Amilcar; Martial C. Amilcar: Curious tale of two brothers and a...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "At first, police charged Martial C. with the killing. He spent nine months on Rikers Island and another two years in home detention with an ankle bracelet, according to a lawsuit...
View ArticleWilliam Reynolds: Minneapolis: Sylwia Pawlak-Reynolds; Poland: What a story!...
NOTA BENE: "The federal lawsuit paints the pursuit of shaken baby syndrome cases as part of a concerted effort by three pediatricians — Harper, Dr. Debra Esernio-Jenssen and Dr. Barbara Knox — who are...
View ArticleAreli Escobar: Texas: Major (Unwelcome) Development: And Justice for all?...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Mr. Escobar was convicted and sentenced to death in 2011 for the rape and murder of Bianca Maldonado in his apartment complex. No eyewitnesses linked him to the crime, and...
View ArticleCriminalizing reproduction: Attacks on science, medicine and the right to...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: In recent years, I have taken on the theme of 'criminalizing reproduction' - a natural theme for a Blog concerned with flawed science in its myriad forms - as I am utterly...
View ArticleToforest Johnson: Alabama: Question of the day: Does Attorney General Steve...
BACKGROUND: WIKIPEDIA: "Toforest Onesha Johnson (born February 8, 1973)] is an American man on death row for the 1995 murder of Jefferson County deputy sheriff William G. Hardy in Alabama. Johnson's...
View ArticleNeonatal nurse: Lucy Letby: U.K. Another Major (Welcome) Development:...
STORY: "Expert panel claims 'no criminal offences committed' in Lucy Letby case after bombshell new report into baby deaths," by Journalist Flaminia Luck, published by LBC (Formerly London Broadcasting...
View ArticleGreece: Tempe Train Disaster: Greece: Public cries out for answers: Question...
BACKGROUND: The Press Project: Link Below:Tempe case timeline: Cover-up allegations, forensic revelations, and Greece’s crisis of accountability;"The Tempe train disaster on 28 February 2023, which...
View ArticleTyrone Noling: Ohio; Police coercion and intimidation of alleged young...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "No physical evidence ever linked Noling to the murders. Instead, he was convicted based on the word of his alleged accomplices, the youngest of whom was just 14 when the murders...
View ArticleGreece: Forensic examiners under scrutiny! Five had been suspended, facing...
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Prosecutor Vassiliki Dimopoulou condemned the forensic examiners, stating that their failures allowed Pispirigou to evade justice for years. “They lacked a sense of responsibility...
View ArticleIsoke Robinson: Detroit: Technology: Licence plate reader: Flawed technology?...
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "ACLU of Michigan is trying to get legislators to ban the practice of using license plate readers to match the description of vehicles without the actual license plate number. "That...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence, due process, and scientific evidence; Renowned Duke...
Date: Friday, April 18th, 2025Time: 3:30 – 5:00 pm ET | 12:30 – 2:00 pm PTCost: FREE, but registration is requiredCLE: No CLE is being offered for this program..——————————————————————————————THE...
View ArticleTommy Zeigler: Death Row: Florida: Commentrary: "The curse of 'finality.'...
BACKGROUND: (Death Penalty Information Center): '47 years after his death sentence, Florida Court orders DNA testing for Tommy Zeigler': "Nearly 47 years after being convicted of a quadruple...
View ArticleSelena Chandler-Scott: Georgia: Miscarriage charges that should never have...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "And while this kind of criminalization isn't new, a 2024 report from Pregnancy Justice found that there's been a marked increase in pregnancy-related criminal charges since the...
View ArticleFalse confessions: Networked Knowledge puts the spotlight on proposed...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This Blog is interested in false confessions because of the disturbing number of exonerations in the USA, Canada and multiple other jurisdictions throughout the world, where, in the...
View ArticleRobert Roberson; Death Row; Texas: (Shaken Baby Syndrome): His case is viewed...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Historically, lawmakers in Texas have been among the strongest proponents of the death penalty, but this case—and the growing body of exonerations based on flawed science—has...
View ArticleDonald Trump: DC/lago!(You may have heard of him! HL): Junk science;...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "The American Psychological Association put it even more plainly way back in 2004: "so-called 'lie detection' involves inferring deception through analysis of physiological...
View ArticleYvonne Missy Woods: Colorado: Bulletin: The Denver Police Department says it...
BACKGROUND/Perspective: (Gazette Extra: Link below) "The police department’s crime laboratory started a process to review the reports from at least 422 sexual assault evidence kits that Denver police...
View ArticleEdgar Barrientos-Quintana, Minneapolis: (How the First 48 Hours turned into...
PUBLISHER''S NOTE: I very grateful to 'Feedspot' for featuring the Charles Smith Blog in its top 20 list of Forensic Blogs - a distinction which I did not seek! There are currently almost 500 Blogs...
View ArticleRobert Kaiser: Minnesota: Shaken baby syndrome retrial under way: (I will dip...
PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "According to the Supreme Court opinion, the state’s experts made false statements of medical fact to the jury in the first trial. An ophthalmologist and forensic pathologist...
View ArticleDouglas (Chief) Stankewitz: California: Imprisoned for 47 Years: The Davis...
BACKGROUND: "In 2020, the Vanguard broke a quiet but explosive story that reignited the fight to free Douglas “Chief” Stankewitz—the longest-serving person on California’s death row. Our investigative...
View ArticleDanyel Smith: Georgia; Shaken baby Syndrome: 'Investigate TV' (Reporter Andy...
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Dr. Saadi Ghatan, a pediatric neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, and seven other medical experts testified on Smith’s behalf in the April 2024 hearing. After reviewing...
View ArticleNational Registry of Exonerations Annual Report. (2024): False or misleading...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The NRE web site at this link is one of the most important resources that I rely upon in the publication of this Blog....
View ArticleThe Tempe Train Disaster: Greece: 'The fog of Tempe' In a commentary headed...
BACKGROUND: The Press Project: Link Below:Tempe case timeline: Cover-up allegations, forensic revelations, and Greece’s crisis of accountability;"The Tempe train disaster on 28 February 2023, which...
View ArticleThe Central Park Five: Also known as 'The Exonerated Five' : (Yusef Salaam,...
BACKGROUND: From a previous post of this Blog; October 24, 2024: "The Central Park Five: Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron Brown, and Korey Wise. Major (Welcome) Development....
View ArticleJohn Walker Jr: The Buffalo Five: The Central Park Five: ("Walker, then 16,...
-----------------------------------------------QUOTE OF THE DAY: "“What do you give somebody that you have taken everything away from?" Walker told the Buffalo News in 2021. "What can they do to make...
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