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Forensics: DeSantis killed the previous attempt to rid cop “hypnosis evidence.” Texas Senate advances bill to ban testimony derived under hypnosis
Forensic hypnosis is a technique used by law enforcement to boost a witness’s recall of the people, conversations and environment related to a crime. — Read on http://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/04/18/texas-senate-bill-338-prohibit-testimony-under-hypnosis-advances/70089073007/
Forensics: Inadequate forensic funding redux. Tougher drug penalties mean more work, longer waits at state crime labs
Texas lawmakers want tougher criminal penalties for possession of delta-8 and fentanyl. But that would mean much more work for the crime labs handling most of the drug testing for the state’s 254 counties. — Read on http://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/12/texas-drugs-crime-evidence/
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Forensics: An alternate legal universe. The junk-science ruling restricting mifepristone approval uses language directly lifted from anti-abortion activists and media.
The junk-science ruling restricting mifepristone approval uses language directly lifted from anti-abortion activists and spread by right-wing media | Media Matters for America — Read on http://www.mediamatters.org/health-care/junk-science-ruling-restricting-mifepristone-approval-uses-language-directly-lifted
Forensics: Searching for descendants. Tulsa Race Massacre investigators have sequenced DNA from 6 possible victims
The work is part of a years-long effort to get an accurate count of how many people were killed when a white mob decimated the city’s prosperous Greenwood enclave, leaving upward of 300 people dead. — Read on http://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169464890/tulsa-race-massacre-dna-sequencing-mass-graves
Forensics: Florida bill to criminalize filming police actions is yet another anti-Black move
This proposal would make already tense situations worse and allow police to abuse their authority, Francesca Menes writes. — Read on news.yahoo.com/florida-bill-criminalize-filming-police-223303803.html
Forensics: Kentucky law mandates shooter’s AR-15 be sold at auction.
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Forensics: China Publishes Data Showing Raccoon Dog DNA at Wuhan Market
Scientists from the Chinese C.D.C. confirmed that DNA from raccoon dogs and other animals susceptible to the coronavirus was found at the market in early 2020. — Read on http://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/science/china-virus-origins-racoon-dogs.html
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Forensics: Ukrainian groups learn about DNA use to identify war victims
Ukrainian civil society and rights groups have visited an organization that uses high-tech DNA techniques to identify people who go missing in conflicts and natural disasters — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/06/ukraine-russia-war-missing-people-dna/d65505e4-d476-11ed-ac8b-cd7da05168e9_story.html
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