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Monthly Archives: August 2025
Forensics: Geographical humor about the Gulf of Trump scandal
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Forensics: When junk science locks up innocent parents: the truth about Shaken Baby Syndrome. – YouTube
In the 1980s and 1990s, Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) was a popular medical theory used to arrest and convict innocent parents of fatally abusing their children. Unknown at the time, this theory was severely scientifically flawed. Unfortunately, erroneous data collection … Continue reading
Forensics: Human and ethical factors seen in police crime lab toxicology failures
I’d like to recommend you this book: “Errors in toxicology testing and the need for full discovery” by Aaron Olson. Sent via PocketBook Reader
Forensics: Denver police crime lab triples number of cases under review in CBI scandal – Colorado Politics
Denver police crime lab triples number of cases under review in CBI scandal – Colorado Politics — Read on http://www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/08/22/denver-police-crime-lab-triples-number-of-cases-under-review-in-cbi-scandal/
Forensics: Finally thinkiing like scientists after decades of assumptions. Scientists Think Weird Bloodstain Physics Could Help Solve Murder Cases
The ways that a bloodstain behaves could help show investigators the speed and angle at which blood splattered onto a fabric. — Read on http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65821542/bloodstain-physics/
Forensics: Meet our cousins. Earliest evidence discovered of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals
Earliest evidence discovered of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals | EurekAlert! — Read on http://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1095212
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Forensics: Team from NJIT Uses Cellphone Location Data to Help Free Wrongly Accused
Forensics Team from NJIT Uses Cellphone Location Data to Help Free Wrongly Accused — Read on news.njit.edu/forensics-team-njit-uses-location-data-help-free-wrongly-accused
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Forensics: Mentoring stands out as an aid to AI instruction. Scalpels, Simulators, and Struggle: Lessons from an AI Operating Room
While surgical education has always relied on mentorship, the rise of artificial intelligence offers a new way to measure and refine skills; however, data alone can’t teach mastery. It takes a human, with empathy and nuance that no algorithm can … Continue reading
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Forensics: NYPD, prosecutorial misconduct court settlement payouts exceed $77 million, Legal Aid report says
NEW YORK — City taxpayers shelled out more than $77 million to settle lawsuits alleging police and prosecutorial misconduct and overturned convictions through the first six months of the year, according to a new report by the Legal Aid Society. … Continue reading
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