Monthly Archives: February 2026

Forensics: Minnesota ICE operations cost $70K per detainee?

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Forensics: Upcoming marches and events honor, remember missing and murdered Indigenous relatives | MPR News

Indigenous communities and allies will gather on Feb. 14 to bring awareness to the epidemic of Indigenous people who have gone missing or have been murdered in acts of violence. Marches in Bemidji, Duluth and Minneapolis will be held on Saturday. — Read on http://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/13/upcoming-marches-and-events-honor-remember-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-relatives

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Forensics: Who is in charge? Feds are pissed. Arizona sheriff blocks FBI access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction, source says.

An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie’s mother, impairing its ability to assist in the probe, a U.S. law enforcement official with knowledge of the … Continue reading

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Forensics: Cites bitemark cases of forensic fraud. Innocence Project Calls on NY Governor Hochul to End Qualified Immunity and Hold Officials Accountable for Misconduct

Qualified immunity has already left too many people — including those who were wrongfully incarcerated — without any meaningful path to justice for the harm they suffered. — Read on innocenceproject.org/news/innocence-project-calls-on-ny-governor-to-end-qualified-immunity/

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Forensics: Propaganda. Texas politician changes name to run as a Democrat. He’s not what he claims to be.

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Forensics: A Remembrance of Ukrainian athletes and coaches who were lost to war.

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Forensics: $11M spent to correct. Former Colorado crime lab scientist pleads not guilty to mishandling evidence.

Prosecutors filed 102 charges against former analyst Yvonne Woods after an internal investigation uncovered irregularities that called into question a decade’s worth of test results. — Read on http://www.courthousenews.com/former-colorado-crime-lab-scientist-pleads-not-guilty-to-mishandling-evidence/

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Forensics: Digital. How the FBI might have gotten inaccessible camera footage from Nancy Guthrie’s house : NPR

Last week, law enforcement said video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera was overwritten. But the FBI has since released footage as Guthrie still has not been found. — Read on http://www.npr.org/2026/02/12/nx-s1-5711620/nancy-guthrie-video-footage-fbi

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Forensics: “Not famous.” Some Missing Seniors Get Headlines. Others Get Silence.

LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Feb. 3 came and went as Missing Persons Day, and in Michigan, the number of missing seniors may be relatively — Read on http://www.michigannewssource.com/2026/02/some-missing-seniors-get-headlines-others-get-silence/

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Forensics: Tainted Testimony: Discredited FBI bullet analysis freed one man while leaving another behind bars.

Decades after the FBI discontinued the use of controversial forensic science, there’s a push to review past convictions — Read on http://www.kxii.com/2026/02/09/tainted-testimony-discredited-fbi-bullet-analysis-freed-one-man-while-leaving-another-behind-bars/

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