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Forensics: Can Investigators Use Household Dust as a Forensic Tool?
Researchers retrieved forensically relevant DNA information from household dust. — Read on news.ncsu.edu/2023/04/can-investigators-use-household-dust-as-a-forensic-tool/
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Forensics: Weak to fraudulent testimonies. Forensic Experts: Error, Bias, Incompetence and Criminality
One of the tasks of a good legal team is to analyse, question and contest forensic reports and evidence. — Read on http://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/forensic-experts-error-bias-incompetence-and-criminality/
Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, criminal justice reform, DNA profiling, expert testimony, forensic evidence exaggeration, forensic fraud, forensic pathology, Forensic Science Bias, forensic science misconduct, wrongful convictions
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Forensics: Trump lawyer up for disbarment. Jenna Ellis – When Censure Isn’t Enough
NOW – Jenna Ellis has been reported to the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel for tweets she made that encouraged Trump not to surrender – a possible violation of a rule … — Read on m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/3/2161898/-Jenna-Ellis-When-Censure-Isn-t-Enough
Forensics: Ineffective police gunshot surveillance. $$$ wasted. Study on ShotSpotter in Kansas City finds ‘no meaningful change’ in violence
Study on ShotSpotter in Kansas City finds ‘no meaningful change’ in violence – Albuquerque Journal — Read on http://www.abqjournal.com/2583316/kansas-city-study-finds-no-meaningful-change-in-violence.html
Forensics: Grass roots efforts. How a UK missing persons charity solves cold cases using expert volunteers
Locate International, founded by a retired detective, has one ultimate goal: to investigate every cold case in the UK — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/02/how-a-uk-missing-persons-charity-solves-cold-cases-using-expert-volunteers
Forensics: Forensic Re-creations of Police Abuse Lead to Landmark Legal Settlements
Expert reconstructions that tie together evidence provide a public record of abuse that’s harder for cops to deny. — Read on theintercept.com/2023/03/31/philadelphia-nypd-police-brutality-settlement/
Forensics series about another lieing crime lab “scientist.” Admissible: Shreds of Evidence : NPR
Presented in partnership with iHeartMedia and Story Mechanics, Admissible is a new original podcast examining how a key building block of our justice system – evidence itself – is often flawed, disputed, or even manipulated. Hosted by reporter Tessa Kramer, … Continue reading
Forensics: Investigation identifies soldier, “Kadyrov’s nephew”, who shot forensic expert in Izium
Investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have identified a Russian soldier suspected of killing forensic expert Fedir Zdebskyi in occupied Izium in May 2022. Source: Text of notice of suspicion, Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office Details: According to the … Continue reading
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The Lead Forensic Investigator for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre at MTSU
(MURFREESBORO) The lead investigator for one of the most infamous — and hidden — race-motivated crimes in American history will discuss her forensic work on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in a free lecture planned for Thursday, March 30, at Middle … Continue reading
Genetic DNA identifies 1984 cold case victim in pinstripe suit as Florissant real estate agent
For more than 38 years, a body found dressed in a pinstripe suit and tie discovered by a farmer in rural Lincoln County remained a mystery. But on Wednesday, authorities — Read on http://www.stltoday.com/content/tncms/live/
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