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

Fforensiccs: Human experimentation. J&J’s Controversial Prison Testing Resurfaces in Baby Powder Lawsuits

Posted on March 8, 2022 by csidds

The company funded experiments on mostly Black men comparing the effects of talc and asbestos on their skin — Read on http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-07/j-j-s-controversial-prison-testing-resurfaces-in-baby-powder-lawsuits

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Forensics: Offers free autopsy services to families of US citizens dying in police custody. AUTOPSY INITIATIVE | Know Your Rights

Posted on March 6, 2022 by csidds

AUTOPSY INITIATIVE | Know Your Rights — Read on http://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/autopsyinitiative

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Forensics: After 9 DNA tests, John Doe identified in Snohomish County cold case from 1980

Posted on March 5, 2022 by csidds

The remains found in Snohomish County in 1980 have been identified as a missing Georgia man, Ronald David Chambers, who went missing in 1978. — Read on http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/snohomish-county-1980-cold-case/281-cb5cd717-9733-4334-992d-484b0c541a40

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Forensics: Robert DuBoise Sues Police, Dr. Richard Souviron

Posted on March 4, 2022 by csidds

A man in Florida who was exonerated after spending 37 years in prison for a 1983 rape and murder filed a lawsuit against police officials and the forensic dentist who testified against him, claiming they “knowingly fabricated” evidence used to … Continue reading →

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Forensicsshf : Police explain how rape kit ended up in a database – Mission Local

Posted on March 4, 2022 by csidds

The San Francisco Police Commission grilled police department leaders Wednesday about the policies and procedures that allowed officers to use DNA — Read on missionlocal.org/2022/03/police-explain-how-rape-kit-ended-up-in-a-database/

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Ukraine Forces Reportedly Kill Russia General Andrei Sukhovetsky in Blow to Invading Army

Posted on March 3, 2022 by csidds

A colleague of General Andrei Sukhovetsky posted news of his death on social media and Ukrainian and Russian media outlets have also published the story. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-sukhovetsky-conflict-1684441

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Forensics: The strange persistence of (source) “identification” claims in forensic literature through descriptivism, diagnosticism and machinism – ScienceDirect

Posted on March 3, 2022 by csidds

The bitemarkers get thoroughly dumped on in the paper as “non-scientists.” The strange persistence of (source) “identification” claims in forensic literature through descriptivism, diagnosticism and machinism – ScienceDirect — Read on http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589871X22000079

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Forensics: Elon Musk launches satellite capability that provides Internet for Ukraine.

Posted on March 2, 2022 by csidds

The story is embedded in this news report. https://youtu.be/PNQHuFciLm8

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Forensics: Russian police arrest great grandmother protesting Ukraine.

Posted on March 2, 2022 by csidds

Remarkable and saddening image from Russia as riot police bundle away babushka protesting against nuclear war pic.twitter.com/AOum9szH5D — Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) March 2, 2022

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Forensics: Holocaust survivors of Babi Yar hiding in Kiev tunnels.

Posted on March 2, 2022 by csidds

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