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Forensics: First Amendment. StopAntisemitism Takes Credit for Getting Hundreds Fired. A Music Teacher Is Suing.
Known for targeting celebrities like Ms. Rachel, the pro-Israel blacklist also goes after private individuals who post in solidarity with Palestine. — Read on theintercept.com/2025/12/20/stopantisemitism-israel-blacklist-teacher-job-firings/
Forensics: ICE Hires For- Profit Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants. — Read on theintercept.com/2025/12/19/ice-bounty-hunters-location-surveillance-geo-group/
Forensics: Use of error ridden facial ID tech. For People of Color, Citizenship Offers No Protection Against ICE’s Techno Terrorism
Biometric scanners are being used by ICE to target people of color, violating their rights. Learn how these technologies are being misused in Trump’s America. — Read on http://www.commondreams.org/opinion/ice-technology-racism
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Forensics: Desktop rapid DNA. How CT forensics lab played role in Brown shooting investigation
Connecticut’s forensic lab examined ballistics and lifted a DNA profile from spent shell casings in the Brown University shooting. — Read on http://www.greenwichtime.com/connecticut/article/brown-university-shooting-ct-lab-dna-21252275.php
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Forensics: Hair amino acid sequences. Scientists at ECU Have Developed an Innovative Forensic Investigation Tool Based on Hair Identification.
New forensic tool from ECU uses hair protein for ID when DNA fails. Revolutionary for cold cases, mass disasters, and archaeology. — Read on legaldesire.com/scientists-at-ecu-have-developed-an-innovative-forensic-investigation-tool-based-on-hair-identification/
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Forensics: Crime. Medicine. Unethical hepatitis B research funded by US government. In Africa. Just like the horrific Tuskegee syphilis experiment.
Forensics: Quack Medicine. Pam Bondi drops Utah surgeon’s COVID-19 fraud charges, emboldens others with similar cases
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said. — Read … Continue reading
Forensics: Medical examiner backtracks on shaken baby autopsy that sent Russell Maze to prison for life
Dr. Bruce Levy’s finding that shaken baby syndrome killed Russell Maze’s son, Alex, was critical in the Tennessee man’s murder conviction. Levy now says Maze is innocent. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dr-bruce-levy-backtrack-shaken-baby-syndrome-russell-maze-prison-rcna248219
FBI Seeking Other Possible Victims of Chicago Border Patrol Officer Charged For Serial Rape. Chicago News
The FBI’s Chicago field office on Wednesday said it is seeking to identify other potential victims of 44-year-old Luis Uribe, who stands accused of robbing and/or sexually assaulting at least four women in Schaumburg and Naperville throughout 2022. — Read … Continue reading
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Forensics: Law. 85% of people given federal pardons or clemency this year are white, House lawmaker’s report says
Eighty-five percent of the people granted pardons or clemency this year by President Donald Trump are white, and Jan. 6 defendants made up 90% of those who benefited, according to a new report compiled by Rep. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/85-people-federal-pardons-clemency-year-are-white-house-lawmakers-repo-rcna248867
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