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

Forensics: Punishment for going to trial results in this: Rogel Aguilera-Mederos Rejected a Plea Deal. So He Got 110 Years in Prison.

Colorado First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King said she pursued the punishment after Aguilera-Mederos insisted on his right to trial. — Read on reason.com/2021/12/22/rogel-aguilera-mederos-rejected-a-plea-deal-so-he-got-110-years-in-prison/

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Forensics: Bar counsel wants harsher penalties and files Appeals over possible sanctions for 3 former drug lab prosecutors | WBUR News

This has gone on for years. Junk drug testing scandal has fallen onto prosecutors who kept it quiet. The Office of Bar Counsel is appealing proposed sanctions for the three former assistant attorneys general, arguing each should face harsher punishments.  … Continue reading

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Forensics: Man Who Spent 43 Years in Jail Receives $1M in Donations After Exoneration

The fundraiser quickly surpassed the million-dollar threshold in two days. — Read on http://www.thedailybeast.com/kevin-strickland-who-spent-43-years-in-jail-receives-dollar1m-in-donations-after-exoneration

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Forensics: Lieing cops accused. Rodney Reed Files New Petition Alleging Prosecutors Illegally Withheld Evidence for 23 Years | Death Penalty

Prosecutors hid favorable evidence from Texas death-row prisoner Rodney Reed during his 1998 trial for the murder of Stacey Stites and then argued for his… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/rodney-reed-files-new-petition-alleging-prosecutors-illegally-withheld-evidence-for-23-years

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Forensics: Forensic psychiatrist who aided JonBenet Ramsey probe killed in Arizona

PHOENIX — A forensic psychiatrist who assisted in the investigations into the 1996 death of JonBenet Ramsey in Colorado and a string of killings in Phoenix more than a decade — Read on denvergazette.com/content/tncms/live/

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Forensics: Go Bode Lab!!Officials seek information after human remains identified in Bensalem Township 1995 cold case

The skeletal remains of a woman who was found in 1995 have been identified, according to the Bensalem Township Police Department.  — Read on http://www.fox29.com/news/skeletal-remains-of-woman-identified-in-bensalem-twp-1995-cold-case

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Forensics: Lies,lies and more lies in a TX death penalty case. Prosecutors Illegally Hid Evidence in Rodney Reed’s Case for 23 Years

“Rodney Reed’s conviction and death sentence must be overturned.” — Read on innocenceproject.org/for-23-years-prosecutors-illegally-hid-evidence-that-could-have-exonerated-rodney-reed/

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Forensics: Double-talking N.C. State Crime Lab, Attorney General defend debunked forensic science that sent innocent men to prison

Just like the MS AG defending bitemarker Michael West in Eddie Lee Howard’s exoneration proceedings. Pure crap. WBTV Investigates first told you this spring about the science called “Microscopic Hair Comparison” which has been discredited with then-FBI Director Jim Comey … Continue reading

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Forensics: Covid grifter Rogan podcast hosts doctor known for pushing debunked claims about Covid-19 | The Independent

Controversial doctor Peter McCullough appeared on a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience TV— Read on http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joe-rogan-covid-podcast-doctor-b1977603.html

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Forensics: Claiming “rampant crime in NY,” Trump accuses New York AG James of ‘prosecutorial misconduct’

Former President Donald Trump accused New York Attorney General Letitia James Wednesday of “prosecutorial misconduct” after she subpoenaed him to testify as part of her civil fraud probe into his business dealings. — Read on nypost.com/2021/12/15/trump-accuses-new-york-ag-james-of-prosecutorial-misconduct/

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