Monthly Archives: April 2023

Forensics: Ukrainian groups learn about DNA use to identify war victims

Posted on April 6, 2023 by csidds

Ukrainian civil society and rights groups have visited an organization that uses high-tech DNA techniques to identify people who go missing in conflicts and natural disasters — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/06/ukraine-russia-war-missing-people-dna/d65505e4-d476-11ed-ac8b-cd7da05168e9_story.html

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Forensics: Its time for the #AAFS to banish the bitemarkers’ junk science. From Max Houck

Posted on April 6, 2023 by csidds

https://open.substack.com/pub/maxhouck/p/is-silence-support-for-a-toothless?r=j5102&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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Forensics: Report about 80 years of child abuse in Baltimore Catholic archdiocese. Statute of limitations on abuse abolished.

Posted on April 6, 2023 by csidds

http://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-rel-church-abuse-maryland_n_642df743e4b001e12d702df3

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Forensics: A #NamUS case. After 40 years, Lincoln County John Doe (1984) is Identified

Posted on April 5, 2023 by csidds

Lincoln County Sheriff’s and Coroner’s Office Team with Southeast Missouri State University and Othram to ID 1984 Human Remains — Read on dnasolves.com/articles/lincoln-county-john-doe-1984-jack-langeneckert/

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Forensics: Can Investigators Use Household Dust as a Forensic Tool?

Posted on April 4, 2023 by csidds

Researchers retrieved forensically relevant DNA information from household dust. — Read on news.ncsu.edu/2023/04/can-investigators-use-household-dust-as-a-forensic-tool/

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Forensics: Weak to fraudulent testimonies. Forensic Experts: Error, Bias, Incompetence and Criminality

Posted on April 4, 2023 by csidds

One of the tasks of a good legal team is to analyse, question and contest forensic reports and evidence. — Read on http://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/forensic-experts-error-bias-incompetence-and-criminality/

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Forensics: Trump lawyer up for disbarment. Jenna Ellis – When Censure Isn’t Enough

Posted on April 3, 2023 by csidds

NOW – Jenna Ellis has been reported to the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel for tweets she made that encouraged Trump not to surrender – a possible violation of a rule … — Read on m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/3/2161898/-Jenna-Ellis-When-Censure-Isn-t-Enough

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Forensics: Ineffective police gunshot surveillance. $$$ wasted. Study on ShotSpotter in Kansas City finds ‘no meaningful change’ in violence

Posted on April 3, 2023 by csidds

Study on ShotSpotter in Kansas City finds ‘no meaningful change’ in violence – Albuquerque Journal — Read on http://www.abqjournal.com/2583316/kansas-city-study-finds-no-meaningful-change-in-violence.html

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Forensics: Grass roots efforts. How a UK missing persons charity solves cold cases using expert volunteers

Posted on April 3, 2023 by csidds

Locate International, founded by a retired detective, has one ultimate goal: to investigate every cold case in the UK — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/02/how-a-uk-missing-persons-charity-solves-cold-cases-using-expert-volunteers

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Forensics: Forensic Re-creations of Police Abuse Lead to Landmark Legal Settlements

Posted on April 3, 2023 by csidds

Expert reconstructions that tie together evidence provide a public record of abuse that’s harder for cops to deny. — Read on theintercept.com/2023/03/31/philadelphia-nypd-police-brutality-settlement/

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