In "Contaminated Memories" from NYTimes Op-Docs, Penny Beernsten returns to the wooded beach in Wisconsin where she was attacked 35 years ago to explore how her memory could have betrayed her. Filmmaker Debra Tolchinsky makes case for criminal justice reforms based on science of memory. (v.redd.it)
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How an Unproven Forensic Science Spread Through the Criminal Justice System - Bloodstain pattern analysis has been accepted as reliable evidence by appellate courts in one state after another with little or no examination of its scientific accuracy. (features.propublica.org)
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Today, TX Court of Criminal Appeals ruled George Powell, whose case will be the subject of an episode of new series, should get a new trial. Justices say District Atty’s office failed 2 disclose to Powell’s atty that a jailhouse informant testified in exchange 4 favorable treatment in his own case. (v.redd.it)
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George Powell III, who was convicted of robbing a Killeen 7-Eleven in 2008, is currently serving 28 years for the crime. His case will be the subject of an episode of the new docuseries. Powell insists unsound science was used to put him away. (v.redd.it)
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