Just a part of my daily Twitter feed on the battles between politics and the forensic sciences.

Radley Balko @radleybalko Washington Post and The Watch journalist guy.

The Attack of the Bitemark Matchers. 

BettyLayne DesPortes @bldesportes  President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Attorney

New Forensics Approaches Looking More ‘CSI’-Like

Every word of this is great: Now who will push ahead on validating forensic science disciplines?

Steven O’Dell ‏@CrimeLabBoss Chief of Forensics at Baltimore Police Department

WOW! “Massive drug lab scandal results in 20,000 convictions dropped”

Max Houck‏ @maxmhouck Ex Crime Lab Director in Washington DC. Anthropolgist and Adjunct Forensic Science  Professor in Florida

Sessions wants to keep forensic science in the dark ages

Uni Kent Forensics‏ @KentForensic Notable Forensic educator in the UK

Now who will push ahead on validating forensic science disciplines?

Spencer Hsu Washington Post 2x Pulitzer Prize finalist

Session Orders Justice Department to end Forensic Science Commission, suspend review policy. 

Erin Murphy‏ @ErinMurphysLaw Law Professor and author

Hopefully the OSAC groups at NIST are not next on Sessions’ forensic science chopping block.

More later………….