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Forensics: New BC Prosecution document guides against excessive incarceration of Indigenous people
Prosecutors reminded to always consider impacts of colonialism, residential schools — Read on http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/new-bc-prosecution-document-guides-against-excessive-incarceration-of-indigenous-people/
Forensics: NamUS mandate. New Texas law helping families looking for missing loved ones
John and Joseph’s Law requires law enforcement agencies, justices of the peace and medical examiners in the state to use NamUs, a national database to solve missing and unidentified persons cases. — Read on http://www.kxan.com/investigations/new-texas-law-helping-families-looking-for-missing-loved-ones/
Forensics: Native council was not notified. LEO posted to FB. Nearly 8,000-Year-Old Skull Found in the Minnesota River
A partial skull that was discovered last summer by two kayakers in Minnesota will be returned to Native American officials after investigations determined it was about 8,000 years old. — Read on time.com/6179803/8000-year-old-skull-minnesota-river/
Forensics: Kansas prosecutor disbarred for misconduct in murder case
The Kansas Supreme Court disbars former prosecutor Jacqie Spradling. She prosecuted the double murder case of Dana Chandler in Topeka, which was overturned. — Read on http://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article261634432.html
Posted in AAFS, Crime, prosecutorial misconduct
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Forensics: #Missingpersons. 26 years ago, a young woman’s body was found in a Highland Park alley — she was never identified
The body of a young woman was found 26 years ago in an alley in Highland Park. She has never been identified. — Read on http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/05/20/26-years-ago-a-young-womans-body-was-found-in-a-highland-park-alley-she-was-never-identified/
Forensics: New DNA technology could help solve missing person cases
There are 2,500 missing people in the state of Georgia and 154 unidentified remains. Now investigators are considering the use of forensic genetic genealogy tech. — Read on http://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/new-technology-identifies-human-remains-solves-crimes/85-fa76e0b7-ab57-43a4-b9f7-a541c4e86031
Posted in AAFS, DNA profiling, human identification
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Forensics: SCOTUS Opinion on Roe v Wade is ignoring science and Constitutional history.
The Court is ignoring science — Read on http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adc9968
Forensics: NO IMMUNITY. Federal Appeals Court Rules that Louisiana Prosecutor and Police Officer Who Fabricated Evidence are Not Immune from Civil Rights Lawsuit by Former Death-Row Prisoner | Death Penalty Information Center
Michael Wearry , a Louisiana prisoner whose conviction and death sentence were overturned by the U.S Supreme Court in 2016 because prosecutors withheld… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/federal-appeals-court-rules-that-louisiana-prosecutor-and-police-officer-who-fabricated-evidence-are-not-immune-from-civil-rights-lawsuit-by-former-death-row-prisoner
Forensics: 13 years later: Remains of Brittanee Drexel found in South Carolina, suspect charged
Remains found in a wooded area in South Carolina have been confirmed to belong to 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel, according to police. — Read on http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/national/2022/05/16/13-years-later-remains-of-brittanee-drexel-found-in-south-carolina-suspect-charged/
Forensics: 1/2 of women prisoners are indigenous. Senators call for exoneration of 12 Indigenous women who endured ‘systemic inequality’ in Canada’s criminal justice system
In a report released Monday, Senators Dawn Anderson, Yvonne Boyer and Kim Pate call for an exoneration of 12 Indigenous women, who they say have endured a pattern of discrimination, inequality and violence within the criminal justice system — Read … Continue reading
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