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Forensics: Exclusive: US scraps Justice Department task force that took on cartels, documents show
The U.S. Justice Department is closing a task force that took on drug cartels and an office that aimed to ease racial tensions, in a reorganization that drops a plan to merge the nation’s top drug and gun law enforcement … Continue reading
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Forensics: Was Trey Reed lynched or was he a suicide? His family ignored by local cops. Kaepernick Institute paid for 2d autopsy.
Update: No official info on the 2d autopsy. There is a social media screenshot from Today (Saturday) at the end of this post that is unverified. What is known Demartravion “Trey” Reed, a 21-year-old Black student at Delta State University … Continue reading
Criminal Justice: ICE in Chicago news: Agents raid South Shore apartment building; Donald Trump says city could become military training ground
A downtown Chicago protest against ICE got underway on Tuesday night as the city braces for a possible National Guard deployment. — Read on abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-agents-surround-south-shore-apartment-building-dhs-requests-military-deployment-illinois/17908911/
Forensics: Treading on Double Jeopardy Laws. Over-Federalization: Federal Intrusion Into State Criminal Law – The Sentencing Project
The expanding encroachment of federal criminal law on traditionally local offenses threatens justice, equity, and local democracy. — Read on http://www.sentencingproject.org/policy-brief/over-federalization-federal-intrusion-into-state-criminal-law/
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Forensics: Their “success”creates genetic abnormalities in testing sample. Not good. Scientists create human eggs via in vitro gametogenesis : NPR
Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat infertility and enable gay couples to have genetically related children. — Read on http://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5553322/ivg-human-eggs-cells-fertility
Forensics: Criminal justice. Groups seek to compel release of Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s classified documents case
A First Amendment group and watchdog organization is pressing a federal appeals court to compel the release of a Justice Department special counsel’s report on the criminal investigation into President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. … Continue reading
Forensics: test recovers fingerprints from fired ammunition casings despite intense heat
A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by two Irish scientists. — Read on phys.org/news/2025-09-forensic-recovers-fingerprints-ammunition-casings.html
Forensics: 79-year-old man sues feds for $50 million over immigration raid injuries | AP News
A 79-year-old man in Southern California has filed a $50 million claim against the federal government, alleging civil rights violations during an immigration raid. — Read on apnews.com/article/immigration-raids-los-angeles-ice-lawsuit-6c94ce6e7873581e9f3bebb6f5cbb0df
Forensics: Chicago DA Eileen O’Neill Burke sandbags wrongful conviction review in Cook County | Injustice Watch
Corrupt cops are the culprits once again. The DA calls them “bad apples.” State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has allowed the Conviction Integrity Unit to shrink and made it more difficult for people to have their innocence claims investigated. — … Continue reading
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