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Forensics: A year of trauma: More than 3,600 US health workers died in Covid’s first 12 months – CNN
Lost on the Frontline, a yearlong investigation by The Guardian and KHN to count health care worker deaths, ends Thursday. This is what was learned in a year of tracing the lives of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. — … Continue reading
Forensics: A lookback on the DC crime lab’s political turmoil. Firings and nepotism reigned supreme.
The history of an acclaimed “independent” crime lab getting the shaft in Washington DC. Now the lab is in hot water for “deliberately concealed” botched lab tests. csidds.com/2016/05/25/wash-dc-crime-lab-continues-to-coverup-its-problems-of-law-enforcement-bungles/ Now the lab is suspended from operation. https://dcist.com/story/21/04/07/dc-crime-lab-loses-accreditation-over-allegations-of-conealing-information/
Forensics: Wrongful Conviction – Podcasts
Read about the dark side of wrongful convictions. Multiple podcasts. Based on the files of the lawyers who freed them, Wrongful Conviction features interviews with men and women who have spent decades in prison for crimes they did not commit … Continue reading
Forensics: A Detective Was Accused of Lying. Now 90 Convictions May Be Erased. – The New York Times
Warning for forensics ppl. When the police want to tell you what happened, do not engage. The Brooklyn district attorney will move to dismiss old convictions in which a former narcotics detective, accused of perjury in Manhattan, played a key … Continue reading
Forensics: How bias affects forensic methods with Itel Dror
Interview by Brandon Garrett
Forensics: Forensic pathologist: The real key to the Chauvin verdict (opinion) – CNN
Understanding the complicated medical terms used by expert witnesses may be crucial to following the trial of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, writes forensic pathologist Dr. Judy Melinek. — Read on edition.cnn.com/2021/04/06/opinions/chauvin-verdict-key-pathology-melinek/index.html
Forensics: Death Row Inmate Should Get New Trial After False Testimony by Tarrant Medical Examiner: Judge
A man who was sentenced to death in a 2004 Fort Worth murder case should get a new trial because of false and misleading testimony by Tarrant County Medical… — Read on http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/death-row-inmate-should-get-new-trial-after-false-testimony-by-tarrant-medical-examiner-judge/2598684/
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Forensics: What’s wrong with crime labs = DC mayor defends crime lab but says she wants issues ‘fully investigated’
What the heck does a mayor know about forensics? Politics, police and forensics is a hot mess of conflicts and agendas. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she wants concerns about the operations of the District’s Department of Forensic Sciences “fully … Continue reading
Forensics: Estimates and Projections of COVID-19 and Parental Death in the US | Child Development | JAMA
Ive read that over 2 million have lost grandparents and other relatives to covid. Horrendous. The believers that “only 1% died” are idiots. Absolutely junk “experts.” This study estimates the expected number of affected children for each COVID-19 death. — … Continue reading
Forensic Pathology: Expert Chauvin Defense Witness Faces Lawsuit Over Death of Black Teenager in Police Custody
Expect the “excited delerium” cliche to be heavily misused. “Positional asphyxia” from the back and neck compression, and resulting oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) are the causes of George Floyd’s cardiac arrythmia death. David Fowler, Maryland’s former chief medical examiner, is being … Continue reading
