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

Forensics: Identifying a missing child 29 years later. Genetic DNA.

Posted on March 9, 2025 by csidds

https://vt.co/news/us/girl-who-disappeared-without-a-trace-as-a-two-year-old-26-years-ago-found-alive

Posted in AAFS, DNA profiling, missing persons, namus | Leave a comment

Trumps’ DC AG threatens Georgetown Law school for teaching civil rights in its curriculum. Next stop will be a constitutional law ban. The AG is going after a school for lawyers! How stupid is THAT.

Posted on March 7, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: Video look at a crime lab tech who is charged w 102 counts of fakery and 10,000 cases to review.

Posted on March 6, 2025 by csidds
Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, costs of wrongful convictions, criminal justice reform, DNA mixtures, Exoneration costs, forensic fraud, forensic science misconduct, junk forensic science | Leave a comment

Forensics: its faster to use a judge to gain innocence rather than use a DA conviction integrity unit. DAs tout how good they are. They are not.

Posted on March 6, 2025 by csidds

https://nysfocus.com/2025/03/06/wrongful-conviction-district-attorney-new-york-exoneration

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Forensics: New laws force full Discovery in criminal cases. In some states. Recent cases of dishonest convictions have dropped in New York

Posted on March 5, 2025 by csidds

. https://innocenceproject.org/discovery-reform-is-under-attack-8-key-facts-you-need-to-know/

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Forensics: Anthropologists call out the American Academy of Forensic Sciences for ignoring racial inequities. Powerful.

Posted on March 5, 2025 by csidds

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/forensic-anthropology-advocacy-activism-dei/

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Forensics: A deep look at the junk vaccine study used by RFKJr and Covid deniers to lie about autism link. Worth a read.

Posted on March 5, 2025 by csidds
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Forensics: FAFO. DA and law prof lied, destroyed evidence and she is taking flack from her law students.

Posted on March 4, 2025 by csidds

https://www.oudaily.com/news/richard-glossip-supreme-court-ruling-ou-college-of-law-professor-prosecutor-connie-smothermon-misconduct-student-petition/article_dc03b832-f85f-11ef-b480-3fe397533ec7.ht

Posted in costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, criminal justice, death penalty, exoneration, Forensic Science, forensic science misconduct, iCloud criminal investigations, Perjury by Prosecutors, wrongful convictions | Leave a comment

Indigenous families experience homicides TEN TIMES HiGHER than the general population.

Posted on March 2, 2025 by csidds

https://www.threads.net/@kelseycombe/post/DGs2_LkOyzr?xmt=AQGzF2U0ovQ3PLh4OAPaGsT8u9bmcccTat_6ZbtsQ7ZHBQ

Posted in AAFS, Crime, criminal justice, human rights violations, missing persons | Leave a comment

Forensic pathologist shares opinion on Gene Hackman, wife’s cause of death

Posted on March 2, 2025 by csidds

Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden explained how the deaths of Gene Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog could be the result of a tragic accident. — Read on http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/gene-hackman-wifes-cause-death-forensic-expert-shares-opinion-unusual-circumstances

Posted in Forensic Science, human identification | Leave a comment