Category Archives: AAFS

Forensics: Polio vaccine heist in Montreal during 1959 epidemic set off police search for serum before it spoiled

Posted on December 26, 2020 by csidds

Beginning to see this in an anti-vax and anti-mask area in NY. Bastards. The life-saving polio vaccine was just as precious then as a coronavirus vaccine will be when it is approved for use in the coming months. — Read … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Lets suggest double masking for covid protection. Comprende?Gross Droplet Test Shows Masks Are Highly Effective at Limiting Your Flying Spit

Posted on December 23, 2020 by csidds

Common sense. Getting coughed on has never been a pleasant experience, but 2020 has made it a whole new level of nope. — Read on http://www.sciencealert.com/gross-droplet-test-shows-masks-are-highly-effective-at-limiting-your-spit-flying-everywhere

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Forensics: Despite this mess ABFO/AAFS dentists still proffer in courts. Most agree bitemark matching is junk science. Why is it still in courts?

Posted on December 23, 2020 by csidds

Decertification by the AAFS/FSAB would help. This is an incredible failure of supposed forensic science “leadership.” Plus the bitemarkers are still promoted by the National Association of Medical Examiners. WTF? At least 27 people were exonerated after faulty bitemark matching … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Police confiscation theft. Its called “civil forfeiture.” Alabama police talk about safety but patrol for cash

Posted on December 22, 2020 by csidds

Cops getting $ without cause. It began at the outset of the “war on drugs” in the 1980s. Has been found to be ineffective in preventing drug trafficking. It still remains in certain states and has become entwined with police … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Really? Early humans may have survived the harsh winters by hibernating | Science

Posted on December 21, 2020 by csidds

Anthros and bio-arch folks in my timeline think “not yet,” “premature” and “unconfirmed.” Seasonal damage in bone fossils in Spain suggest Neanderthals and their predecessors followed the same strategy as cave bears — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/20/early-humans-may-have-survived-the-harsh-winters-by-hibernating

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Forensics: Scientific repression: Slimming to the Death: Herbalife®-Associated Fatality paper retracted.

Posted on December 21, 2020 by csidds

This PSA contains a link to the single case report originally published by ELSEVIER. Then retracted by the journal’s editor after some legal pushback by HL. The bitemarkers have used similar threats. PubPeer report: “REMOVED: Slimming to the Death: Herbalife®-Associated … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Trump criminality. ‘We want them infected’: Top HHS adviser schemed to spread COVID-19 across America

Posted on December 17, 2020 by csidds

Read the entire article. Explanations on herd immunity imbeciles in the US. At times throughout the spring, summer, and fall, Republicans pushed the idea that the only way to fight COVID-19 was to surrender. That is, to just let it … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Forensic science inaccuracy: Firearm and fingerprint comparisons are less reliable than they seem.

Posted on December 17, 2020 by csidds

A story told from a juror’s perspective. How police experts doctor their error rates in “proficiency” tests. Ballistics and fingerprints linked to misleading testimony as revealed by Itiel Dror at UCL. Bitemarkers did similar. Don’t believe forensic examiners’ claims about … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Corrupt cops. Termaine Joseph Hicks exonerated after 19 years in prison

Posted on December 16, 2020 by csidds

Joseph Tremaine Hicks, his lawyer said, “is going to be returned to something that he should have had on Nov. 27, 2001, when police encountered him, but he didn’t: the presumption of innocence.” — Read on http://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-wrongful-conviction-exoneration-police-misconduct-tremaine-hicks-20201216.html

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Forensics: Academic and CJ repression in the Deep South. UM Fires History Professor Who Criticizes ‘Powerful, Racist Donors’ and ‘Carceral State’

Posted on December 16, 2020 by csidds

Clearly, “Ole Miss” managers consider outing the political history of the Crim Justice system by its own faculty is anathema. Their excuses are shallow and dissembling and have a racist “ivory Tower” smell. Its a miracle that the Ole Miss … Continue reading →

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