The Junk Science Conundrum
Legislators ponder how to keep questionable forensics out of the courtroom
"...What's the best way to keep questionable, or junk, science out of court in a criminal case? That's..."
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Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith
The Hightower Report: Help Oust Junk Science From Our Public Science Museums
Climate change denialism comes for natural history museums
"...into the exhibits and studies of elite museums of science. The fossil-fuel billionaires are using the academic and cultural..."
April 10, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower
Junking Junk Science?
Will bill reduce wrongful convictions?
"...convictions based on the state's use at trial of junk or outdated science – but will it actually cure..."
May 17, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith
'Junk Science' Emerges in Graves Case
Refusing to throw in towel, prosecutors take another stab at death row inmate
"...scene to a scent collected from a suspect, is junk science, the Innocence Project charges, while questioning Pikett's techniques..."
Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith
ARIC Trainings Teach Cops and Informants Junk Science
Police are learning lessons in fear
"..."Junk science like SCAN is the root problem in so..."
Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
From Decriminalizing Pot to Banishing Junk Science
The Lege considers a host of criminal justice bills
"...for appeals of criminal convictions that were based on junk or outdated scientific evidence – from discredited and junky..."
March 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith
From Decriminalizing Pot to Banishing Junk Science
Host of criminal justice bills in committee today
"...for appeals of criminal convictions that were based on junk or outdated scientific evidence – from discredited and junky..."
March 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith
Science Goes to Court
Death row case sets new state law against prosecutorial resistance
"...that allows for the reconsideration of convictions in which science – or so-called science – played a key role,..."
Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Death Watch: Shaken Science
Appeal rests on new research into Shaken Baby Syndrome
"...(aka "Abusive Head Trauma") is a phenomenon rooted in junk science. Much of that shift has been Roberson's doing...."
June 17, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies
For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate
"...piles: feel-bad and feel-good. In the former camp, true-crime junkies will want to check out Waco: David Koresh, the..."
Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team
Evidence That Stinks
Innocence Project says Texas' scent lineup evidence is stinky junk
"...Innocence Project of Texas is calling on the Forensic Science Commission to investigate the use of "scent lineups" in..."
Sept. 22, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith
Death Watch: The Merits of Hypnosis-Induced Testimony
Attorneys argue Charles Don Flores' conviction is rooted in junk science
"...the merits of his conviction were potentially rooted in junk science – namely, a pivotal witness who was only..."
June 3, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Incendiary: The Willingham Case
The "junk science" used to make the case for the Texas execution of Cameron Todd Willingham for the arson murders of his children is persuasively laid out in this locally made documentary.
"...Incendiary smartly sidesteps that firestorm to focus on the science used to convict Willingham. Junk science, it turns out...."
Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Criminally Innocent
How can you be exonerated of a crime that never happened?
"...connection to the veracity of the underlying charge. The Science of Prosecution..."
Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...could not be reached for comment. – Lee Nichols Junk Science Panel to Meet Privately..."
April 30, 2010 News Feature
Perry the Executioner
Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally
"...home, killing his children. Since his conviction, however, fire science has evolved; to date, roughly a dozen leading fire..."
Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Commission Jerks Bradley's Chain
Chairman loses bid to close arson case on Cameron Todd Willingham
"...17 by his fellow members of the state's Forensic Science Commission, which has been considering whether junk science was..."
Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories
Freedom for the Kellers and Rosemary Lehmberg's wild ride
"...5) Junk Science Junked After two unsuccessful tries in two previous..."
Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith
'Ritual Abuse,' the San Antonio Four, and Public Hysteria
San Antonio case shows innocent are still behind bars
"...running phone seminars for the press: "Satanic Panic 101," "Junk Science Pediatric Medical Evidence: An Introduction." We also contacted..."
Dec. 6, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan
Death Watch
The Texas death chamber gets back into gear
"...inmates to appeal when an initial conviction relied on junk or otherwise outdated science. Cathryn Crawford, post-conviction director for..."
Sept. 13, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Naked City
Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop's drkoop.com, an Austin-based online pharmacy, has established close ties with a "scientific" organization widely viewed as a front for its corporate underwriters.
"...is its close relationship with the American Council on Science and Health, an ostensibly independent scientific organization that is..."
Jan. 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee
Opening the Case on the American Sherlock
Kate Winkler Dawson reports on an early master of forensics
"...she says, "I just had no idea how much junk science there was out there."..."
Feb. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mike Berry
'The Powerful Odor of Mendacity'
An interview with Molly Ivins and Louis Dubose, authors of Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America.
"...it was not that hard. It was not rocket science, because it's all there. When it comes to information,..."
Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
Death Watch: A Hard Life, A Disabled Man, A Death Sentence
Ibarra's lawyer cites IQ test, family history in last-ditch appeal for death row case
"...conviction was tainted by three different types of forensic "junk science" that would never stand up in court today...."
Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Reid Replies
"...In his article, "ARIC Trainings Teach Cops and Informants Junk Science [this is the kicker, not the headline] Police..."
Sept. 2, 2020 Postmarks
Edward Zwick Reopens Death Row Case in Trial by Fire
True-crime film takes another look at a triple homicide that never happened
"...criminal justice system. The withholding of exculpatory evidence, the junk science, the use of snitches in return for reduced..."
May 17, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Headlines
"...Senate on Monday passed Houston Dem Sen. John Whitmire's junk science bill, which allows defendants convicted based on junk..."
March 29, 2013 News Feature
State of Texas Actions Shocking
"...Dear Editor, This brilliant article [“'Junk Science' Emerges in Graves Case,” News, Oct. 16] highlights..."
Oct. 28, 2009 Postmarks
The Hightower Report
Dog-Sniff Jurisprudence; and Gov. Goober's Border Cams
"..."This is junk science," said an attorney for the Innocence Project of..."
July 31, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower
Postmarks
Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.
"...If you think work demonstrating global warming is all "junk" science that is "embraced so desperately" by environmentalists, think..."
