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Monthly Archives: August 2023
Forensis: War crimes. Among the Dead: Forensic Scientists Recall Horror of Kosovo’s Mass Graves
The smell of decay and the trauma of exhuming children’s bodies from mass graves dominate the memories of forensic experts who worked in Kosovo, Bosnia and Serbia after the war, driven by a sense of justice and the desire to … Continue reading
Alabama’s History of Botched Executions. Say Hello to AG Stevie Marshall
Forensics: Bumbling Alabama AG Stevie Marshall’s history of tortuous executions. huffpost.com/entry/alabama-…
Forensics: Gastly form of execution using nitrogen gas. AG Steve Marshall is a ghoul. Alabama wants to be the 1st state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe only nitrogen | AP News
Alabama is seeking to become the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen. — Read on apnews.com/article/alabama-death-penalty-nitrogen-hypoxia-a6f414ff6147cbd38de6a8cd01f96653
Forensics: More details on How forensic investigators use DNA, fingerprints and other methods to identify remains after a fire | CNN
The facts are grim. The devastating fires in Maui have caused at least 115 deaths, yet only 46 of those have been identified two weeks on from the blaze, police said Thursday. Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for, too. — … Continue reading
Forensics: Dental IDs from fire victims in Lahaina
The weeks of fragmentary information from Hawaii and news media has raised some concerns I want to mention. The hurdles to identification involved in this type of mass disaster are huge principally because of the high temperature effects on human … Continue reading
Forensics: Civil Judges get it. But criminal courts still allow bitemarks. Junk Science in the Courtroom Keeps Coming Back – and Getting Swatted
There’s something about autism that invites scapegoating. The latest attack was on makers of Lexapro, the anti-depressant medication, when used during pregnancy. Six plaintiffs recruited three experts to testify to a supposed causal connection between the drug and their children’s … Continue reading
Forensics: Teeth are involved in Identifying fire victims through DNA analysis: A geneticist explains what forensics is learning from archaeology
Identifying fire victims through DNA analysis: A geneticist explains what forensics is learning from archaeology — Read on phys.org/news/2023-08-victims-dna-analysis-geneticist-forensics.html
Posted in AAFS, DNA profiling, human identification, missing persons
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Forensics: Premature burial case in hospital morgue.
Awful story. Hospital defense is absurd. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/maria-de-jesus-arroyo-gran-3383123
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Forensics: GEDmatch Loophole Gave Police Access to Private DNA Data
Thanks to @maxhouck@substack.com. Forensic genetic genealogists skirted GEDmatch privacy rules by searching users who explicitly opted out of sharing DNA with law enforcement. — Read on theintercept.com/2023/08/18/gedmatch-dna-police-forensic-genetic-genealogy/
Posted in AAFS, Civil rights, DNA profiling, missing persons
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Forensics: Anthro BS from the 19th century into the 20th. The skull maps that quantified racism
These maps — of geographical differences in skull shapes — have vanished from acceptable science (and cartography). — Read on bigthink.com/strange-maps/cephalic-index-maps/
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