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

Forensics: Rosalind Franklin was never the ‘wronged heroine’ of DNA’s double helix, a new paper finds

A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix. — Read on http://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/rosalind-franklin-knew-dna-was-a-helix-before-watson-and-crick-unpublished-material-reveals

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Forensics: Why Texas told the ABFO bitermarkers to buzz off.

Its Forensic Science Commission spent significant resources in their interviews with independent scientists about the dentists’ claiming bitemark reliability. The dentists showed up and lost. http://www.txcourts.gov/media/1445768/bite-mark-review-report.pdf

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Forensics: 150 families showed up. #NamUS. UCO To Host Oklahoma Missing Persons Day Event

UCO To Host Oklahoma Missing Persons Day Event — Read on http://www.news9.com/story/64454d5905cfab072ba81ede/uco-to-host-oklahoma-missing-persons-day-event

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Forensics: My take on why the ABFO bitemarker dentists should be booted from the AAFS.

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Forensics: Why is the bitemarker ABFO group still certified by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences? Op-Ed by Max Houck

This group continues to promote its misinformation while ignoring its scientific failures. Their presence in any judicial proceedings needs to be revoked. Those profiting from their masquerading as forensic experts should be sanctioned. Its time for the American Academy of … Continue reading

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Forensics: Washington Launches Cold Case Unit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

Washington Launches Cold Case Unit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People | The Daily Chronicle — Read on http://www.chronline.com/stories/washington-launches-cold-case-unit-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people,317806

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Forenscis: Kudos to #NamUS and RTI for Genetic Geneaology on this case. Human remains discovered in 1990 finally identified

Human remains discovered in 1990 finally identified | The Ely Times — Read on elynews.com/2023/04/19/human-remains-discovered-in-1990-finally-identified/

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Forensics: Nazi-era Credit-Suisse bank accounts revealed still active in 2020.

Chairman Press | Chairman’s Newsroom | Chairman | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget — Read on http://www.budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsroom/press/credit-suisse-maintained-nazi-linked-accounts-into-21st-century-subpoenaed-records-show

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Forensics: Good for him. UC Irvine’s Leo Chavez elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences | UCI News | UCI

Renowned anthropologist studies international migration, particularly among Latinos — Read on news.uci.edu/2023/04/19/uc-irvines-leo-chavez-elected-to-membership-in-the-american-academy-of-arts-sciences/

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Forensics: DA says “righteous conviction” to deny access. The Supreme Court Allows Rodney Reed to Fight for DNA Testing

Texas has gone to great lengths to prevent DNA testing of crime scene evidence that Reed says could exonerate him. — Read on theintercept.com/2023/04/19/supreme-court-dna-testing-rodney-reed/

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