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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: Prisons. ICE Boosts Income at Private Prison Company GEO Group by 800 Percent.
The company’s year-end earnings call came just days after a lawsuit alleges guards in the company’s Washington state immigrant prison assaulted immigrants.
— Read on prospect.org/2026/02/12/ice-immigration-prison-geo-group-trump/
Forensics: Upcoming marches and events honor, remember missing and murdered Indigenous relatives | MPR News
Indigenous communities and allies will gather on Feb. 14 to bring awareness to the epidemic of Indigenous people who have gone missing or have been murdered in acts of violence. Marches in Bemidji, Duluth and Minneapolis will be held on Saturday.
— Read on www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/13/upcoming-marches-and-events-honor-remember-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-relatives
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Forensics: Who is in charge? Feds are pissed. Arizona sheriff blocks FBI access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction, source says.
An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie’s mother, impairing its ability to assist in the probe, a U.S. law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told Reuters on Thursday.
— Read on www.reuters.com/business/finance/fbi-blocked-key-access-evidence-nancy-guthrie-abduction-case-source-says-2026-02-13/
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Forensics: Cites bitemark cases of forensic fraud. Innocence Project Calls on NY Governor Hochul to End Qualified Immunity and Hold Officials Accountable for Misconduct
Qualified immunity has already left too many people — including those who were wrongfully incarcerated — without any meaningful path to justice for the harm they suffered.
— Read on innocenceproject.org/news/innocence-project-calls-on-ny-governor-to-end-qualified-immunity/
Forensics: A Remembrance of Ukrainian athletes and coaches who were lost to war.
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Forensics: $11M spent to correct. Former Colorado crime lab scientist pleads not guilty to mishandling evidence.
Prosecutors filed 102 charges against former analyst Yvonne Woods after an internal investigation uncovered irregularities that called into question a decade’s worth of test results.
— Read on www.courthousenews.com/former-colorado-crime-lab-scientist-pleads-not-guilty-to-mishandling-evidence/
Forensics: Digital. How the FBI might have gotten inaccessible camera footage from Nancy Guthrie’s house : NPR
Last week, law enforcement said video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera was overwritten. But the FBI has since released footage as Guthrie still has not been found.
— Read on www.npr.org/2026/02/12/nx-s1-5711620/nancy-guthrie-video-footage-fbi
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Forensics: “Not famous.” Some Missing Seniors Get Headlines. Others Get Silence.
LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Feb. 3 came and went as Missing Persons Day, and in Michigan, the number of missing seniors may be relatively
— Read on www.michigannewssource.com/2026/02/some-missing-seniors-get-headlines-others-get-silence/
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