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Forensics: Crisis of U.S. Law Enforcement Funding. 250,000 cold cases unsolved. This includes Missing and Unidentified Persons. Video.
USDOJ funding for these cases is paltry and poorly organized due to bureaucratic and Congressional apathy. https://www.wral.com/video/6-200-cold-cases-unsolved-in-north-carolina/21517519/
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Forensics: How forensic dentists ruin innocent lives
I have co-existed with these dentists for decades. Some are sincere and thoughtful. Others are raging egotists. None are trained as a “scientist .” The outrageous cases like McCrory’s (see the link below) over the last 2 decades have led … Continue reading
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Forensics: #NamUS. Police/Coroners must utilize this public access database. Police compliance for Missings is abysmally low.Its only at 50% for Unknowns.Some even refuse to participate. Mother of missing child advocates for legislation to aid missing ppl.
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Forensics: Company says all is AOK with this. Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It | WIRED
Police around the US say they’re justified to run DNA-generated 3D models of faces through facial recognition tools to help crack cold cases. Everyone but the cops thinks that’s a bad idea. — Read on http://www.wired.com/story/parabon-nanolabs-dna-face-models-police-facial-recognition/
Forensics: Wrap this up and show to all the bitemarkers lecturing at the #AAFS mtg next month. AI discovers that not every fingerprint is unique. EurekAlert!
AI discovers that not every fingerprint is un | EurekAlert! — Read on http://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1030475
Forensics: Only “New Evidence” Allows $$$. Lieing cops and DAs don’t count. Why is Michigan Failing to Compensate the Wrongly Convicted? — ProPublica
The state can provide the wrongfully convicted compensation of $50,000 for each year of incarceration, but the law’s narrow criteria and confusion over eligibility leave former prisoners facing another system that seems stacked against them. — Read on http://www.propublica.org/article/why-michigan-failing-compensate-wrongly-convicted-despite-law
Forensics: Tell this to all the Indian academic bitemarkers and lip print gurus. A need to define forensic expertise- The New Indian Express
In France, experts are often selected by judges from lists published by the courts. — Read on http://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2024/jan/03/a-need-to-define-forensic-expertise-2647232.html
Forensics: Perpetuating pseudoscience. Old-School Hair Analysis Is Junk Science. But It Still Keeps People Behind Bars
The technique, developed before DNA testing, can’t definitively tie suspects to crime scenes.Try explaining that to juries — or some judges. — Read on scheerpost.com/2023/12/30/old-school-hair-analysis-is-junk-science-but-it-still-keeps-people-behind-bars/
Forensics: Cheaters in the lab. NYC Medical Examiner reviews 100s of cases in analysts probe
New York City’s Medical Examiner’s office said Friday it is reviewing hundreds of cases in a probe of misconduct by three forensic analysts — Read on http://www.nydailynews.com/2023/12/15/nyc-medical-examiners-office-reviewing-hundreds-of-cases-in-budding-lab-scandal/
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