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

Forensics: Operation “DataBack” project wants to centralize Native DNA for missing persons investigations.

Posted on April 19, 2025 by csidds

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/18/forensic-dna-breaks-new-ground-for-mmip-cold-cases

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Forensics: Alaska awards $$$ for decades long false imprisonment.

Posted on April 18, 2025 by csidds

https://apnews.com/article/alaska-fairbanks-four-lawsuit-settlement-096c35f8e29bdbb19529fd21244a515b

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Forensics: The quagmire of law enforcent agencies leads to poor quality control and standards in forrensic services. There are 18000 separate cop shops in the US. Article by Professor Max Houck.

Posted on April 17, 2025 by csidds

https://open.substack.com/pub/maxhouck/p/the-juridictional-problem-in-forensic?r=j5102&utm_medium=ios

Posted in AAFS, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, forensic evidence exaggeration, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science reform | Leave a comment

Forensics: DAs play the blame game regarding their misconduct case reviews. Do not want independent oversight.

Posted on April 15, 2025 by csidds

https://nysfocus.com/2025/04/14/wrongful-conviction-integrity-unit-new-york-prosecutorial-misconduct

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Forensics: Major reason DEI attempts to correct law enforcement and judicial injustices.

Posted on April 12, 2025 by csidds

https://eji.org/news/black-americans-nearly-eight-times-more-likely-to-be-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder/

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Forensics: Why firearm opinions are subjective. Its not like CSI TV shows. In fact, its hard to call it a science.

Posted on April 11, 2025 by csidds

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1556-4029.70047?af=R

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Forensics: Conviction frame-up leads to big civil award. DA hid evidence.

Posted on April 10, 2025 by csidds

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2025/04/09/john-walker-jr-awarded-28m-after-wrongful-conviction-buffalo-new-york/83002812007/

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Forensics: High murder rates, cheating cops, and reluctant judges lead to bad results. DAs guard against new evidence “like Spartans defending Thermopylae.”

Posted on April 8, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Trump using junk science to ferret out disloyalty in his minions.

Posted on April 6, 2025 by csidds

https://futurism.com/trump-polygraph-lie-detector-leak

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Forensics: The long road to ID unknown remains in the US. 11,000 bodies need attention.

Posted on April 6, 2025 by csidds

https://www.startribune.com/forensic-anthropologist-minnesota-cold-case-unidentified-remains/601322975

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