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Monthly Archives: October 2020
Forensics: Rapid DNA supplanting dental IDs in cases like this. KBI identifies remains found in southeast Kansas as missing 19-y –
Our last large fatality incident in Santa Barbara used 100% DNA analyzed at a mobile onsite lab for IDs of over 30 burn victims. It is a new world for odonts. Cases w/out any leads still are mandated for dental … Continue reading
Forensics: A timeline of Trump’s pandemic failure. His golf, denials and incompetence.
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Forensics: New experts named for lawsuit challenging school mask rules
You gotta take a look at the Plantiffs esteemed experts. The first guy believes in herd immunity. The other says mask-wearing causes tooth decay. Fascinating stuff, these experts. New experts named for lawsuit challenging school mask rules — Read on … Continue reading
Forensics: Animal cruelty. “Tiger King’s’ Doc Antle charged with animal trafficking, cruelty – Los Angeles Times
What a bag of hammers. “Tiger King” personality Bhagavan “Doc” Antle has been indicted in Virginia for allegedly trafficking lion cubs between Virginia and South Carolina. — Read on http://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-10-09/tiger-kings-doc-antle-indicted-for-allegedly-trafficking-lion-cubs-animal-cruelty
Forensics: Excuse me?Antiabortion groups say they stand behind Trump’s use of a drug tested on cells derived from an aborted fetus because the president ‘was not involved with that abortion’
Trump has restricted the use of fetal tissue for research, but his COVID-19 treatment was tested using cells derived from a fetus aborted in 1972. — Read on http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/anti-abortion-groups-say-they-stand-behind-trumps-use-of-a-drug-tested-on-cells-derived-from-an-aborted-fetus-because-the-president-was-not-involved-with-that-abortion/ar-BB19SkGB
Forensics: Errors galore. Fingerprint error rate on close non‐matches – Koehler – – Journal of Forensic Sciences
Up to 28%. Ouch. That enters into the relam of less than scientifically reliable. Right? These seem to falsify what the US DOJ’s perpeual claims that they “never have had a mis-identification.” Fingerprint error rate on close non‐matches – Koehler … Continue reading
Forensics: Trump’s Covid-19 plan: “Irresponsible and Dangerously Reckless.”
Editorial from The New England Journal of Medicine — Dying in a Leadership Vacuum — Read on http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2029812
Forensics: ‘CSI effect’ remains a myth, retired judge says on 20th anniversary of popular forensic science show
Good read from the ABA Journal Apparently, prosecutors use it as an excuse when they lose a criminal case. — Read on http://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/csi-effect-remains-a-myth-says-retired-judge-on-20th-anniversary-of-popular-forensic-science-show
Forensics: US DOJ leaders masterminded Trumps child separation policy
Both were also big defenders of police forensics against scientific reform. One guy still has a job with the feds. The other dude later was replaced with William Barr. http://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-family-separations-border_n_5f7dafccc5b6e5aba0d2e927
Forensics: Expert: CDC’s Redfield should expose Trump COVID failures, leave post
Its time to bail. Public health titan wrote a private letter to CDC Director Redfield asking him to expose interference into COVID response and leave his post. — Read on amp.usatoday.com/amp/5899724002
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