Monthly Archives: March 2025

Forensics: Defense 101. Argument over experts list in order to limit prosecutorial evidence for later use at his trial.

https://cdapress.com/news/2025/mar/29/dozens-of-experts-revealed-for-kohberger-murder-trial-from-forensic-experts-to-amazon-worker/

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Forensics: Police lab takes years to test DNA. Outside lab is quicker but ignores court orders for transparency. Judge is pissed

. https://www.wdrb.com/wdrb-investigates/louisville-police-crime-lab-admit-mistakes-were-made-in-handling-evidence-in-murder-case/article_3965a063-6066-45d6-b9f8-ade1b40d00d1.html

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Forensics: Bad batch of testing kits shows crime lab’s lack of internal standards.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/la-county-potentially-faulty-dna-test-kits-months/story?id=120202510

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Forensics: Familial DNA business failure threatens privacy rights of thousands.

https://www.wsj.com/business/dna-testing-company-23andme-files-for-bankruptcy-announces-ceo-resignation-82ad1c45

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Forensics: Bitemarkers are desperate to prove their myth of individualizing perps from front teeth by scanning 100 test subjects.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40116296/

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Forensics: Better fact check your resume. No specifics given. Very bad PR. Digital expertise is a very broad subject.

https://www.fox9.com/news/hennepin-county-attorneys-office-raises-questions-expert-trial-witness

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Forensics: Buyer beware for victims of online extortion looking for help.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/03/20/digital-forensics-sexortion-blackmail-recovery-services/81934584007/

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Forensics: Performing Forensics: Doctors Becoming Expert Witnesses

Doctors in skeptical Scotland had to persuade the courts to listen to them, in part because of the historical animosity between the professions of law and medicine. — Read on daily.jstor.org/performing-forensics-doctors-becoming-expert-witnesses/

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Forensics: When law enforcement promptly test rape kits, results lead to “John Doe” indictments and arrests.

https://www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-News/618289-Unit-Identifies-7-Cold-Case-Rapists-in-5-Months/

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Forensics: Faked death. Who is this person who died in 1983? Not the politician.

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