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

Forensics: Trump’s DHS tried to secretly subpoena BuzzFeed to reveal sources — but the publication exposed the scheme: report

Sounds like a Sheriff telling a medical examiner to hide a police shooting autopsy. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-13/sheriff-coroner-autopsy-dana-young-shooting President Donald Trump took an oath to defend Americans’ First Amendment right to a free… — Read on http://www.rawstory.com/2020/12/trumps-dhs-tried-to-secretly-subpoena-buzzfeed-to-reveal-sources-but-the-publication-exposed-the-scheme-report/amp/

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Forensics: Fascism in the US. Scott O’Grady: Trump Pentagon nominee spreads debunked conspiracies suggesting Trump declare martial law

Im sure he will get the vaccine first. Scott O’Grady: Trump Pentagon nominee spreads debunked conspiracies and tweets suggesting Trump declare martial law – CNNPolitics — Read on amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/04/politics/trump-nominee-pentagon-martial-law/index.html

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Forensics: A Day In The Life Of Dr. Anthony Fauci

The abysmal effects of a despotic politician. Scientists in cages along with their families. A Day In The Life Of Dr. Anthony Fauci — Read on m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5fc7fed7c5b61bea2b14e3ee/amp

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Forensics: Republican voter fraud. Florida attorney under investigation for registering to vote in Georgia, encouraging others to do the same

Bill Price has denied he was serious about the move. But Channel 2 confirmed Price registered to vote the day after he made the speech, using his brother’s address and swearing to an affidavit that he was a Georgia resident … Continue reading

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Forensics: Many to blame? How America’s deadliest serial killer went undetected for more than 40 years

Samuel Little says he killed 93 people, preying on women from the margins of society. Again and again, police across the country failed to stop him. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/samuel-little-serial-killer/part-one/

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Forensics: Six black girls were brutally murdered in the early ’70s. Why was this case never solved?

We might consider race of the victims. The case of the Freeway Phantom has faded into history — but not everyone has forgotten. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/six-black-girls-were-brutally-murdered-in-the-early-70s-why-was-this-case-never-solved/2018/05/21/c74d26ec-4e22-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html

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Forensics: Aging of Bitemarks: A Literature Review

My first published journal article. In 1997. Co-author Curt Dailey is a mensch! Aging of Bitemarks: A Literature Review — Read on http://www.astm.org/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/JOURNALS/FORENSIC/PAGES/JFS14209J.htm

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Forensics: The Husband-and-Wife Team Behind the Leading Vaccine to Solve Covid-19

Trump gave us HCQ. Loser. The Husband-and-Wife Team Behind the Leading Vaccine to Solve Covid-19 — Read on http://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/business/biontech-covid-vaccine.amp.html

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Forensics: Baseline look at junk science through the deviance and failures of bitemark believers

Marvin Zalman’s interview on his LR article describing the “cognitive biases, deviance, and dissonance” of science deniers. It shocking they are still affiliated by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences — Podcast on excitedutterance.com/listen ___ Albany Law Review

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Forensics: Confusing statements. ‘You can trust this laboratory’: DC crime lab director responds to scrutiny of firearms unit

The director of the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences shares her thoughts on how her department handles ballistics evidence after the discovery of a botched firearms analysis. — Read on wtop.com/dc/2020/12/you-can-trust-this-laboratory-dc-crime-lab-director-responds-to-scrutiny-of-firearms-unit/

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