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Dr. Michael Bowers is a long time forensic consultant in the US and international court systems.

Forensics: Law. Monopolies that control what you can and cannot see if the Internet. Apple and Google.

http://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/app-store-oligopoly

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Forensics: Science. How 3M Execs Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe — ProPublica

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept … Continue reading

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Forensic Scientist Sues Nassau County, Claims Firing Was Whistleblower Retaliation | Massapequa, NY Patch

The suit claims the former employee was fired after participating in an inspector general’s investigation into the county crime lab. — Read on patch.com/new-york/massapequa/forensic-scientist-sues-nassau-county-claims-firing-was-whistleblower

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Forensics: Law. No exception for rape and incest. South Carolina lawmakers debate abortion bill that could imprison people who receive the procedure

South Carolina lawmakers are holding a hearing on a near-total abortion ban that removes exceptions and could send pregnant people who receive an abortion to prison. — Read on abcnews.go.com/Health/south-carolina-lawmakers-debate-abortion-bill-imprison-people/story

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Jimmie “Chris” Duncan is Released After 27 Years on Louisiana’s Death Row  – Innocence Project

Mr. Duncan was wrongfully convicted of a crime that never occurred based on now discredited bite mark and forensic pathology testimony from notorious “experts” Michael West and Steven Hayne. — Read on innocenceproject.org/news/jimmie-chris-duncan-is-released-after-27-years-on-louisianas-death-row/

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Forensics: Law. DA says human error. Now under state Supreme Court review. California prosecutors’ office used AI to file inaccurate motion in criminal case | California

Filing contained errors known as ‘hallucinations’, with attorneys arguing prosecutors’ office used AI in other cases — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/26/prosecutor-ai-inaccurate-motion

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Forensics: Anthropology. A foot fossil suggests a second early human relative lived alongside Lucy

Foot bones and other fossils have been attributed to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a recently discovered species that may shake up the human family tree. — Read on http://www.sciencenews.org/article/foot-fossil-early-human-relative-lucy

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Forensics: Science. Medicine. German research rocks! Lupus and ulcerative colitis subsides shown in this study.

x.com/atranscendedman/status/1993685607764144569

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Forensics: Law. Contempt of court. Criminal. Kristi Noem made decision to continue deportation flights to El Salvador despite judge’s order, DOJ acknowledges.

The Justice Department said in a new court filing Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the decision to continue with flights carrying migrants being deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador, despite a federal judge’s order to turn … Continue reading

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Forensics: Preserving MS legacy of racism and torture.

https://mississippitoday.org/2025/11/24/barn-emmett-till-sacred-site/

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