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Forensics: Total breakdown. DC’s top prosecutor says lack of testing from shuttered crime lab to blame for some dropped cases
Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to bring charges in more than two-thirds of arrests made by D.C. police in 2022 — Read on wtop.com/dc/2023/05/dcs-top-prosecutor-says-lack-of-testing-from-shuttered-crime-lab-to-blame-for-some-dropped-cases/
Forensics: Canine width of Bite marks on man prove death-row bear is innocent, say activists
The killing of a jogger in the Italian Alps by a brown bear has turned into a murder mystery after an animal rights group claimed that authorities had captured — Read on http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bite-marks-on-man-prove-death-row-bear-is-innocent-say-activists-z5hbjfktk
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Forensics: #NamUS stats from FL. Body of Missing College Student Found In Submerged Car
Divers located Nick Diaz Ruiz’s body inside a submerged car in a retention pond in southwest Miami-Dade at about 6:15 p.m. on Monday night. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/body-missing-college-student-found-submerged-car-1799215
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Forensics: Excited delirium: junk science used to distract from police killings
This has been going on for decades. Largely to excuse excessive force used by police. Excited delirium: junk science used to distract from police killings – Halifax Examiner — Read on http://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/excited-delirium-junk-science-used-to-distract-from-police-killings/
Forensics: Inconclusive opinions all over the map. Validity of forensic cartridge-case comparisons | PNAS
This article presents key findings from a research project that evaluated the validity and probative value of cartridge-case comparisons under fiel… — Read on http://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2210428120
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Forensics: Ancient Woman’s DNA Recovered From 20,000-Year-Old Deer Tooth Pendant
Ancient Woman’s DNA Recovered From 20,000-Year-Old Deer Tooth Pendant — Read on scitechdaily.com/ancient-womans-dna-recovered-from-20000-year-old-deer-tooth-pendant/
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Forensics: Family not happy with cops and did their own investigating. DNA confirms woman kidnapped more than 50 years ago is Melissa Highsmith
Family of Melissa Highsmith say Fort Worth police failed to properly investigate her abduction in 1971 — Read on news.yahoo.com/dna-confirms-woman-kidnapped-more-141212760.html
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Forensics: Bill Bass’ legacy. How Body Farms Are Helping Forensics Solve Murders
Bill started the first taphonomy facility decades ago in Tennessee. Body farms, also known as taphonomic research facilities, are laboratories that study how human bodies decompose in a number of different environments. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/body-farms-decomposing-bodies-forensic-science-murder-1798397
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Forensics: #NamUs COLD CASE: Police seek help identifying skeletal remains found in SE Austin
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying skeletal remains discovered in a wooded area in Southeast Austin over two years ago.The young man, estim — Read on cbsaustin.com/news/local/cold-case-police-seek-help-identifying-skeletal-remains-found-in-se-austin
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Misapplication of Forensic Science – Innocence Project
Misapplied forensic science contributed to over half of our wrongful conviction cases and nearly a quarter of all wrongful conviction cases since 1989. — Read on innocenceproject.org/misapplication-of-forensic-science/
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