A forensic document examiner walks through a fresh Detroit case tied to new affidavits that allegedly claim prosecutors and police took bribes to frame Derek Smith—then shows why the paperwork itself doesn’t add up. You’ll learn how examiners spot red flags like mismatched fonts, cloned jurat blocks, and near-identical signatures that suggest tracing or digital copy-paste, plus what next steps (known-signature collection, fingerprinting) could definitively confirm or debunk the claims. The episode ends with a narrow conclusion about this case: the evidence here points to “Diddy didn’t do it,” while underscoring how neutral science protects both sides.

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Chapters

00:00 - Cold open: Can science clear a case?

00:23 - Welcome & show setup

00:32 - Why Diddy is back in headlines

00:41 - Detroit affidavits: what they allege

01:12 - Claims of bribes and collusion

01:51 - The underlying CSC case (Derek Smith)

02:56 - Step one: obtain and inspect affidavits

03:55 - Handwriting analysis 101

05:12 - Red flags: fonts, jurats, white-outs

06:19 - Two signatures that look “too perfect”

07:38 - Tracing: how forgers actually do it

09:42 - Photocopy & Photoshop forgeries

11:11 - Will AI change handwriting forensics?

12:21 - Beyond handwriting: more anomalies

13:17 - Next steps: collect known signatures

14:31 - Why the science matters for real lives

17:28 - Where the case stands now

17:51 - Narrow conclusion: “Diddy didn’t do it”

18:01 - Outro & what’s next

Links

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