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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: Law. ICE demanded Maine sheriff’s employment records following his criticism of arrest
The subpoena came a day after Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce blasted immigration agents for arresting one of his guards.
— Read on www.bangordailynews.com/2026/02/03/mainefocus/mainefocus-police-courts/ice-demanded-maine-sheriffs-employment-records/
Posted in Crime, criminal justice, prosecutorial misconduct
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Forensics: Law. Children in ICE Detention Skyrocket in Trump’s Second Term | The Marshall Project
With a six-fold jump in children in detention, advocates allege harrowing conditions are putting kids’ lives at risk.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/ice-kids-in-detention-numbers
Forensics: ICE Is Legally Required to Issue Full Reports on Detainee Deaths. They’ve Completely Stopped Doing It.
ICE is required to issue a full report to Congress on any detainee death within 90 days. They’ve skipped the last 8 deaths entirely.
— Read on www.jezebel.com/ice-detainee-deaths-reports-stopped-issuing-illegal-congress-requirement-90-days-investigation
Forensics: Law. San Diego law students take on potential wrongful conviction cases. CA Innocence Project attorneys provide expertise.
The University of San Diego is partnering with The Innocence Center to examine potential wrongful convictions.
— Read on www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2026/02/02/usd-innocence-clinic-wrongful-conviction-california-prison
Forensics: Research. ‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
— Read on www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00091-0
Posted in AAFS, Center for Disease Control, Civil rights, Forensic Science
Tagged Trump anti-science agenda
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Forensics: Unmixing DNA samples using one blood cell. New forensic technique could be ‘game changer’ for solving sex crime cases
Scientists have found a way to pinpoint what cells in the body a sample of DNA has come from.
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8rj73n24jo
Forensics:Law. Update: Despite state judicial circuit judges refusal Lemon got arrested. Previous: Bondi DOJ threats on reporter Don Lemon goes “poof.”
Threats have gone to nil. No Indictment, no Grand Jury. Chief MN judge not pleased with attempts to criminalize Lemon at church protest rally.
https://youtube.com/shorts/S_zJliXcF9k?si=gnu0kk7CADvs7bf0
Update. Friday 1-30-26. Lemon was arrested today while interviewing at the Grammys.
Posted in 1st Amendment, Civil rights, Crime
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Forensics: If you call ICE Nazis….it hurts my feelings.
Constitutional rules according to ICE czar in Minneapolis.
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Forensics: Crime. Reconstructing ICE shooting of Alex Pretti and Trump’s DOJ attempting to alter or destroy evidence
Proof of guilt?
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Forensics: Media. Ashamed ‘Melania’ Crew Members Hope Documentary ‘Flops’
Many of the film’s crew members have requested not to be credited.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/ashamed-melania-crew-members-hope-documentary-flops/
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