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Monthly Archives: May 2022
Forensics: #Missingpersons. 26 years ago, a young woman’s body was found in a Highland Park alley — she was never identified
The body of a young woman was found 26 years ago in an alley in Highland Park. She has never been identified. — Read on http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/05/20/26-years-ago-a-young-womans-body-was-found-in-a-highland-park-alley-she-was-never-identified/
Forensics: New DNA technology could help solve missing person cases
There are 2,500 missing people in the state of Georgia and 154 unidentified remains. Now investigators are considering the use of forensic genetic genealogy tech. — Read on http://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/new-technology-identifies-human-remains-solves-crimes/85-fa76e0b7-ab57-43a4-b9f7-a541c4e86031
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Forensics: SCOTUS Opinion on Roe v Wade is ignoring science and Constitutional history.
The Court is ignoring science — Read on http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adc9968
Forensics: NO IMMUNITY. Federal Appeals Court Rules that Louisiana Prosecutor and Police Officer Who Fabricated Evidence are Not Immune from Civil Rights Lawsuit by Former Death-Row Prisoner | Death Penalty Information Center
Michael Wearry , a Louisiana prisoner whose conviction and death sentence were overturned by the U.S Supreme Court in 2016 because prosecutors withheld… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/federal-appeals-court-rules-that-louisiana-prosecutor-and-police-officer-who-fabricated-evidence-are-not-immune-from-civil-rights-lawsuit-by-former-death-row-prisoner
Forensics: 13 years later: Remains of Brittanee Drexel found in South Carolina, suspect charged
Remains found in a wooded area in South Carolina have been confirmed to belong to 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel, according to police. — Read on http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/national/2022/05/16/13-years-later-remains-of-brittanee-drexel-found-in-south-carolina-suspect-charged/
Forensics: 1/2 of women prisoners are indigenous. Senators call for exoneration of 12 Indigenous women who endured ‘systemic inequality’ in Canada’s criminal justice system
In a report released Monday, Senators Dawn Anderson, Yvonne Boyer and Kim Pate call for an exoneration of 12 Indigenous women, who they say have endured a pattern of discrimination, inequality and violence within the criminal justice system — Read … Continue reading
Forensics: Amateur sleuths. 1985 cold case cracked by unlikely duo
A cold case dating back 37 years, has now been cracked by a stay at home mom and a civilian who works for a metro Atlanta police department. — Read on http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/1985-cold-case-cracked
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Forensics: I wish they would take closeup pix of the dentition. Science Behind Identifying Human Remains
How UNLV anthropologist Jennifer Byrnes is helping improve training for forensic scientists. — Read on http://www.unlv.edu/news/article/science-behind-identifying-human-remains
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Forensics: Innocence Project’s M. Chris Fabricant On ‘Junk Science’
Read about M. Chris Fabricant’s book Junk Science and the “American Criminal Justice System.” Fabricant is director of strategic litigation at the Innocence Project. — Read on http://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/innocence-project-m-chris-fabricant-junk-science-qa
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