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Forensics Canada: Bitemarkers run amok; Courts and DAs prefer case precedence over science.
This is a 50 page UBC Law Review narrative on the inadequacies of courts to recognize junk “forensic” experts. Battling Canadian bitemarkers leave a trail of exaggerated claims and criminal case law that is blind to scientific principles.
Forensics: Chilling academic freedom. Instructor who gave failing essay grade no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
— Read on www.koco.com/article/samantha-fulnecky-professor-graduate-instructor-no-longer-at-ou-oklahoma/69841882
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Luigi Mangione’s Lawyers Allege Conflict of Interest for Bondi
The DOJ are legal chumps. Bondi once represented United Health Group. The conflict is crystal clear.
The accused killer’s legal team is arguing that a prior association drove Bondi to seek the death penalty for Mangione.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/luigi-mangiones-lawyers-allege-conflict-of-interest-for-bondi/
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Forensics: First Amendment. StopAntisemitism Takes Credit for Getting Hundreds Fired. A Music Teacher Is Suing.
Known for targeting celebrities like Ms. Rachel, the pro-Israel blacklist also goes after private individuals who post in solidarity with Palestine.
— Read on theintercept.com/2025/12/20/stopantisemitism-israel-blacklist-teacher-job-firings/
Forensics: ICE Hires For- Profit Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants.
— Read on theintercept.com/2025/12/19/ice-bounty-hunters-location-surveillance-geo-group/
Forensics: Use of error ridden facial ID tech. For People of Color, Citizenship Offers No Protection Against ICE’s Techno Terrorism
Biometric scanners are being used by ICE to target people of color, violating their rights. Learn how these technologies are being misused in Trump’s America.
— Read on www.commondreams.org/opinion/ice-technology-racism
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Forensics: Desktop rapid DNA. How CT forensics lab played role in Brown shooting investigation
Connecticut’s forensic lab examined ballistics and lifted a DNA profile from spent shell casings in the Brown University shooting.
— Read on www.greenwichtime.com/connecticut/article/brown-university-shooting-ct-lab-dna-21252275.php
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Forensics: Hair amino acid sequences. Scientists at ECU Have Developed an Innovative Forensic Investigation Tool Based on Hair Identification.
New forensic tool from ECU uses hair protein for ID when DNA fails. Revolutionary for cold cases, mass disasters, and archaeology.
— Read on legaldesire.com/scientists-at-ecu-have-developed-an-innovative-forensic-investigation-tool-based-on-hair-identification/
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Forensics: Crime. Medicine. Unethical hepatitis B research funded by US government. In Africa. Just like the horrific Tuskegee syphilis experiment.
Forensics: Quack Medicine. Pam Bondi drops Utah surgeon’s COVID-19 fraud charges, emboldens others with similar cases
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.
— Read on www.sltrib.com/news/2025/12/17/pam-bondi-drops-utah-surgeons/
Forensics: Medical examiner backtracks on shaken baby autopsy that sent Russell Maze to prison for life
Dr. Bruce Levy’s finding that shaken baby syndrome killed Russell Maze’s son, Alex, was critical in the Tennessee man’s murder conviction. Levy now says Maze is innocent.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dr-bruce-levy-backtrack-shaken-baby-syndrome-russell-maze-prison-rcna248219
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