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Forensics: ‘CSI effect’ remains a myth, retired judge says on 20th anniversary of popular forensic science show
Good read from the ABA Journal Apparently, prosecutors use it as an excuse when they lose a criminal case. — Read on http://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/csi-effect-remains-a-myth-says-retired-judge-on-20th-anniversary-of-popular-forensic-science-show
Forensics: US DOJ leaders masterminded Trumps child separation policy
Both were also big defenders of police forensics against scientific reform. One guy still has a job with the feds. The other dude later was replaced with William Barr. http://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-family-separations-border_n_5f7dafccc5b6e5aba0d2e927
Forensics: Expert: CDC’s Redfield should expose Trump COVID failures, leave post
Its time to bail. Public health titan wrote a private letter to CDC Director Redfield asking him to expose interference into COVID response and leave his post. — Read on amp.usatoday.com/amp/5899724002
Forensics: #Superspreader Trump’s Return Leaves White House in Disarray as Infections Jolt West Wing – The New York Times
This is free. Just takes sime time to figure it out. The West Wing was mostly empty, cleared of aides who were sick or told to work from home, and staff in the White House residence were in full personal … Continue reading
Forensics: Hacker Uploads Own Fingerprints To Crime Scene In Dumbest Cyber Attack Ever
I’ve been around cybersecurity for 30 years, but this has to be one of the dumbest cyber attacks ever — Read on http://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/10/04/hacker-uploads-own-fingerprints-to-crime-scene-in-dumbest-cyberattack-ever/amp/
Forensics US: Target Has a Better Forensics Lab Than Your Police Department | Rare
Target Has a Better Forensics Lab Than Your Police Department | Rare — Read on rare.us/rare-life/target-forensics-lab/amp/
Forensics: USPS workers quietly resist DeJoy’s changes with eye on election – The Washington Post
Each one deserves a medal. Fighting against election corruption and fraud. Many USPS employees workers see recent cost-cutting changes that have slowed mail delivery as violating the spirit, if not the letter, of that law. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/29/usps-workers-election-mail/
Forensics: The Ballistics don’t support Cameron claim Breonna Taylor’s beau shot cop. AKA the prosecutors are lieing. Friendly fire scenario affirmed.
A Kentucky State Police ballistics report failed to match a bullet that hit a Louisville cop in thigh to a shot fired by Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend. — Read on amp.courier-journal.com/amp/3552007001
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Forensics: World’s largest DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t all Scandinavian
Looks like Eric the Red may have been from New Jersey. — Read on phys.org/news/2020-09-world-largest-dna-sequencing-viking.amp
Posted in DNA mixtures, DNA profiling, human identification
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Forensics: Sound familiar? Aka “Chinese Flu’” History shows that epidemics can carry dangerous side effects for Jews: deadly anti-Semitism
History shows that epidemics can carry dangerous side effects for Jews: deadly anti-Semitism – Jewish Telegraphic Agency — Read on http://www.jta.org/2020/03/06/opinion/history-shows-that-epidemics-can-carry-dangerous-side-effects-for-jews-deadly-anti-semitism/amp
Posted in AAFS, Holocaust, Mass Disaster recovery, Medical errors
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