Forensics: Costs of Wrongful Convictions Keeps Going Up. 27 years in prison worth $8.5M

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2024/07/09/detroit-settles-8-5-million-in-larry-smiths-wrongful-conviction/74329447007/

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Forensics Canada: Bitemarkers run amok; Courts and DAs prefer case precedence over science.

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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.

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Forensics: Video of F-15 pilot who ejected over Kuwait after friendly fire incident. She is doing great.

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Forensics: Science. Landing put off. NASA Announces Major Delays to Plans For Putting Humans on The Moon : ScienceAlert

As we wait for the historic Artemis II mission – with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on board – NASA has announced major changes to the Artemis program.
— Read on www.sciencealert.com/nasa-announces-major-change-to-plans-for-putting-humans-on-the-moon

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Forensics: Medicine. (Non) Surgeon General candidate claims on contraceptives and women’ health.

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Forensics: Medicine. Looking at skin rashes seen in the WH. Differential diagnoses from an allergist.

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Forensics: Medicine. More babble from the (non) Surgeon General candidate. She sells energy supplements.

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Forensics: Medicine. ‘One year of failure.’ The Lancet slams RFK Jr.’s first year as health chief : NPR

“A generation to correct….”

In a scathing review, the top US medical journal’s editorial board warned that the “destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair.”
— Read on www.npr.org/2026/02/28/nx-s1-5730372/one-year-of-failure-the-lancet-slams-rfk-jr-s-first-year-as-health-chief

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Forensics: Home Chem 101 lab ‘He is not a terrorist’: 17-year-old college kid in Irvine hazmat probe poses no threat, lawyer says.

The family described the teenager as an academically advanced student interested in biology and chemistry, according to their attorney.
— Read on www.ocregister.com/2026/02/28/teenager-in-irvine-hazmat-probe-poses-no-threat-family-lawyer-says/

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Forensics: Medicine. Surgeon General candidate never had a license. Listen to this physician take on this idiocy.

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Forensics: Military. Company has answer to the WH ban on AI named Claude. Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a ‘Supply Chain Risk’

Anthropic says it would be “legally unsound” for the Pentagon to blacklist its technology after talks over military use of its artificial intelligence models broke down.
— Read on www.wired.com/story/anthropic-supply-chain-risk-shockwaves-silicon-valley/

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Forensics: Law. Trump administration charges 30 more people for Minnesota church protest | Donald Trump News

A “house of worship” law? The expanded indictment targets protesters who rallied at Cities Church in St Paul against Trump’s immigration surge.
— Read on www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/trump-administration-charges-30-more-people-for-minnesota-church-protest

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