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

Forensics: Military. Friendly Fire Incident. Army laser blasts Border Patrol drone in Texas. Mistake?

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Forensics: Crime. Video of US resident abandoned 5 miles from his family in Buffalo blizzard by ICE. He later died. Local homicide investigation opened.

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Forensics: Another ICE related death. Near blind. 57 years old. Released 5 miles from home. In Buffalo. In a blizzard.

Reprehensible. He was missing for 5 days. x.com/i/trending/2026770516904731118

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Forensics: Medicine. Meet the WH candidate for US Surgeon General. She doesn’t have a Med license and is a TikTok influencer.

Plus she dropped out of post-doc residency. apnews.com/article/casey-means-surgeon-general-confirmation-hearing-9e25bb95d033e331d40f5b93b3520aaa https://www.rawstory.com/casey-means-2675337702/

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Forensics: Military. AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations | New Scientist

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases — Read on http://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/

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Forensics: Law. A Supreme Court Win Didn’t Free Richard Glossip. But This Judge Could.

A year since his legal victory — and after six judges recused themselves — Richard Glossip is asking a new trial judge to release him from jail. — Read on theintercept.com/2026/02/25/richard-glossip-judge-natalie-mai-oklahoma/

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Forensics: Taking data of decomposition studies, AI crunches the numbers for time of death cases.

AI provides a more precise time of death | EurekAlert! — Read on http://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1117572

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Forensics: Incarceration. ICE Detention Centers Face Huge Backlash—Before They’ve Even Been Built

Turns out ICE has bad PR. — Read on http://www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-detention-centers-face-huge-backlash-before-even-built

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Forensics: Crime. OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago –

ChatGPT maker opted against informing authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June — Read on http://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/openai-employees-raised-alarms-about-canada-shooting-suspect-months-ago-b585df62

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Forensics: Law. Crime. HS First Amendment Protest Gets Slammed in Quakertown. DA Investigating Police Chief.

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