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Forensics: Police tactics. Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds on U.S. Citizens
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any … Continue reading
Forensics: Manual Strangulation. Medical examiner believes ICE detainee death was homicide, recording shows.
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/15/ice-detention-death-homicide/
Posted in AAFS, Crime, forensic pathology, Forensic Science, human rights violations
Tagged ICE custody deaths
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Forensics: Protesters in Iran. A morgue overflowing with more body bags than answers amid Iran’s latest crackdown on dissent
Iranians screamed in anguish and cried in confusion as they gathered beside bodies shrouded in black bags in a makeshift morgue at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center and lying on the ground outside the facility south of Tehran. — Read … Continue reading
Forensics: Up to 25 years in prison. Former funeral home worker charged with hiding a corpse at the center of a cold case mystery
DNA detective work ID’d her remains. Now, authorities say they know how Alyce C. Peterson’s skull was found in a ravine by Boy Scouts in 2002. — Read on http://www.inforum.com/news/the-vault/former-funeral-home-worker-charged-with-hiding-a-corpse-at-the-center-of-a-cold-case-mystery
Forensics: Ireland. Forensic experts to be paid €4.5m as mother and baby home excavation enters second phase
The bodies of 796 infants are believed to be buried on the site — Read on http://www.westernpeople.ie/forensic-experts-to-be-paid-4-5m-as-mother-and-baby-home-excavation-enters-second-phase_arid-83656.html
Forensics: Junk forensics. Hair. Hawaii man fights 34-year-old rape conviction based on debunked forensics
A bombshell 2009 report suggested widespread errors in the FBI’s crime labs in the late 1980s and early 1990s, leading to convictions over potentially scientifically unsound evidence. — Read on http://www.courthousenews.com/hawaii-man-fights-34-year-old-rape-conviction-based-on-debunked-forensics/
Forensics: 657,000 cohort study throws shade on RFK’s “medical” wisdom.
Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, Forensic Science, Medicine
Tagged medical fraud
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Forensics: Centuries old. No studies exist for support. Medical Examiners Warn That Controversial Lung Float Test Could Be Dangerous
An exam meant to determine whether a baby was born dead or alive is of ‘questionable value’ — Read on http://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnancy/119243
Posted in AAFS, Crime, forensic pathology, Forensic Science
Tagged junk science, medical myth
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Forensics: Fraud. Former CBI forensic scientist accused of mishandling evidence to be arraigned
Woods spent nearly 30 years with CBI and she’s facing more than 100 felony charges tied to the alleged mishandling of DNA evidence, potentially impacting more than 1,000 cases. — Read on http://www.denver7.com/news/crime/former-cbi-forensic-scientist-accused-of-alleged-mishandling-of-dna-evidence-set-to-be-arraigned-tuesday
Forensics: Experts go out on the limb and wobble. Weird Science: The strangest expert witnesses of 2025 | Court TV
Dog bites, drip stains, and flaming pants—Court TV spotlights the weirdest expert witness moments of 2025. — Read on http://www.courttv.com/news/weird-science-the-strangest-expert-witnesses-of-2025/
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