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"Prosecutors and Judges Push for Conviction Reviews, Ban on Junk Science of 911 Call Analysis," by Brett Murphy, ProPublica, February 24, 2023
"A Star Witness Recanted. But Tasha Shelby Is Still Imprisoned for ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Junk-Science.," by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal, October 19, 2022
"Yet another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis. The courts still won't care.," by Radley Balko, The Watch, October 18, 2022
"Forensic DNA Profiling Exposes Protected Medical Information: Study," by TRC Staff, The Crime Report, October 14, 2022
"Texas Claims It’s "Too Late" for DNA Testing That Could Get Rodney Reed off Death Row," by Jordan Smith, The Intercept, October 09, 2022
"Michigan attorney general’s office receives grant for post-conviction DNA testing," by Emily Blumberg, NPR, September 14, 2022
"‘A uniquely dangerous tool’: How Google's data can help states track abortions," by Alfred Ng, Politico, July 18, 2022
"Privacy advocates fear Google will be used to prosecute abortion seekers," by Bobby Allyn, NPR, July 11, 2022
"Where abortion is banned, someone's phone activity could be used as criminal evidence," by Bobby Allyn, NPR, June 30, 2022
"U.S. tech industry frets about handing data to states prosecuting abortion," by Jeffrey Dastin, Reuters, June 24, 2022
"Whistling Past the Graveyard: Why It’s So Hard to Rid the Courts of Junk Science," by Jordan Smith, The Intercept, April 24, 2022
"This Database Stores the DNA of 31,000 New Yorkers. Is It Illegal?," by Troy Closson, New York Times, March 22, 2022
"Rush to Judgment," by Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith, The Intercept, March 05, 2022
"Murderville – Episode Five: The Evidence," by Sarah Frazier and Liliana Segura, The Intercept, March 01, 2022
"How long do prisoners have to seek DNA evidence?," by John Elwood, SCOTUSblog, February 23, 2022
