Daily Links: 07/01/17 – Innocent men can’t sue “grossly negligent” forensic experts who put them in prison

Some of my old art
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I’m still working on setting up my art blog, but in the meantime, I’ve gone ahead and posted some of my older art ^[pictured] from back when I was a young teenager searching for something to do during those long classroom hours.

• Federal court rules that even though forensic experts’ “grossly negligent” testimony put two innocents in prison (and one on death row), they still can’t be sued.

• Rare puppycide accountability: DeKalb County, GA cops enter wrong home, shoot & kill dog and injure two people. Two years later, the county pays up to avoid a lawsuit.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• Want to inform the cops on someone you think may be a terrorist? There’s an app for that.

• That last story comes via Radley Balko, who has a bunch of links you should check out. Includes a whole lot o’ police misbehavin’.

• And finally, this crowd knows who the real star of the show is:
  (via @radleybalko)

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