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Forensics: Man exonerated in Louisiana runs for Clerk of the Court position and faces lies and intimidation from the white incumbent. ‘I’ll fight for your rights like I fought for my own freedom’
‘I’ll fight for your rights like I fought for my own freedom’ | The Lens — Read on thelensnola.org/2025/10/10/ill-fight-for-your-rights-like-i-fought-for-my-own-freedom/
FAA doublespeak in real time. Work while you are unpaid or else. Don’t call in sick. We want the best and the brightest. Duffy: Absent Controllers Will Be Let Go
Transportation secretary says 53% of system delays now tied to controller shortages as FAA facilities report strain. — Read on avweb.com/aviation-news/duffy-threatens-layoffs-as-shutdown-delays/
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Forensics: Heralded NY drug raid with doctored search warrant gets the boot: Key evidence thrown out amid illegal search.
Buffalo drug case crumbles as video reveals illegal searches and planted evidence by law enforcement, raising questions about future cases. — Read on http://www.wgrz.com/article/news/investigations/2-investigates/judge-granville-staged-evidence-conducted-illegal-searches-damaged-federal-drug-case/71-1c1f085d-e636-4921-8862-c84932f7a29e
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Tagged 4th amendment, police search and seizure violation
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Forensics: Planting evidence and killing an innocent citizen. Collateral Damage, Episode One: Dirty Business
The Atlanta narcotics unit’s deadly raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston. — Read on theintercept.com/2025/10/08/collateral-damage-episode-one-dirty-business/
Forensics: Execution next Thursday. ‘You cannot undo a wrongful execution’: push to halt killing of Texas man in ‘shaken baby’ case.
Lawyers scramble as Robert Roberson to be first person executed under theory now widely seen as junk science — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/09/texas-robert-roberson-execution
Forensics: Cranfield University to close forensics department in the UK. International students not enrolling.
One student studying forensic investigation says it is no longer the course she signed up for. — Read on http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g71pj8en9o
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Forensics: Why Bitemarks are Junk. No Scientific foundation. Great vids of flawed methods.
Read more on Flawed Forensics: Feds weigh in on bite mark analysis as several cases get new look at https://www.kalb.com/video/2022/12/12/flawed-forensics-feds-weigh-bite-mark-analysis-several-cases-get-new-look/
Forensics: Here we go. Will the DOJ lawyers risk disbarment? Comey to make first court appearance in Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress
Former FBI Director James Comey is set to make his first court appearance in a Justice Department criminal case accusing him of having lied to Congress five years ago — Read on abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/comey-make-court-appearance-justice-department-case-accusing-126317327
Forensics: A deep dive into legal protections against The Comey Indictment and Selective or Vindictive Prosecution
A primer on the powerful legal tools and the high evidentiary burden placed on defendants to use them successfully. — Read on http://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-comey-indictment-and-selective-or-vindictive-prosecution
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