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Forensics: Good example of cross examination of an expert. Mostly irrelevant but lawyers will be lawyers. Tommy Zeigler: Experts give conflicting testimony in hearing
Tommy Zeigler was in court for a scheduled week-long evidentiary hearing to determine if his murder convictions from half a century ago are tossed out. — Read on http://www.wesh.com/article/conflicting-forensic-testimony-tommy-zeigler-hearing/69624527
Forensics: These are the Fortune 500 companies that have active contracts with ICE
From AT&T to FedEx, these are the organizations contracting with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. — Read on http://www.yahoo.com/news/fortune-500-companies-active-contracts-145028888.html
Forensics: Anthropology. A foot fossil suggests a second early human relative lived alongside Lucy
Foot bones and other fossils have been attributed to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a recently discovered species that may shake up the human family tree. — Read on http://www.sciencenews.org/article/foot-fossil-early-human-relative-lucy
Forensics: Horrific 1970’s US policy. New Mexico Could Be First State to Address Forced Sterilization of Native American Women | Health
Jean Whitehorse’s (Diné) Native name means ‘Many Children,’ but she only has one child. This spring, she spoke at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York to explain why. In the 1970s, during an emergency visit … Continue reading
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Forensics: Just released after 25 years on death row. Jimmie Duncan going home A bitemark quack dentist put him in prison.
The 2009 expose’ of this case from journalist Radley Balko. We have spent decades on this case. https://reason.com/2009/03/24/forensics-fraud/
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Forensics: Ignoring science in the US. CDC Website Now Boosts Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism
“This represents a new and devastating turn by the CDC.” — Read on gizmodo.com/cdc-website-now-boosts-debunked-link-between-vaccines-and-autism-2000688898
Forensics: This title is misleading. New AI discovery claims fingerprints aren’t truly unique — And it could rewrite forensic science
AI captured similarities fingerprint similarities in individuals not related to traditional loops, whorls and endpoints. Human investigators have trusted fingerprints for more than 100 years — but what if a core belief behind that system was wrong all along ? … Continue reading
Forensics: Report Highlights Types of Stress Affecting Forensic Scientists
Report Highlights Types of Stress Affecting Forensic Scientists — Read on http://www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-News/622793-Report-Highlights-Types-of-Stress-Affecting-Forensic-Scientists/
Forensics: 31% due to junk CSI style forensics. Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Race, and Wrongful Convictions | American Civil Liberties Union
Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Race, and Wrongful Convictions | American Civil Liberties Union — Read on http://www.aclu.org/publications/fatal-flaws-innocence-race-and-wrongful-convictions
Forensics: British wrongful conviction. How close are police to finding Diane Sindall’s real killer? BBC
Peter Sullivan served 38 years in jail after he was wrongly convicted of Diane Sindall’s 1986 murder. — Read on http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9p79lxrlzo
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