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#NamUS expansion bill. Gabby Petito’s family speaks with Eyewitness News about federal bill to help find missing people
For the last year, the family of Gabby Petito has stayed out of the media spotlight. — Read on abc7ny.com/gabby-petito-missing-person-family/12357599/
“Untrue Forensics”: Junk science tilts justice against those charged with crimes
More than 3,200 Americans have been wrongfully convicted in recent decades, more than half of them because forensic science has been misapplied, or worse, the evidence is false. — Read on http://www.hubcityspokes.com/state-features-documents/mcir-junk-science-tilts-justice-against-those-charged-crimes-6352dadce9434
Forensics: Showing some cognitive bias in Civil War reenactors. They Kicked Us Out For This! – YouTube
They Kicked Us Out For This! – YouTube — Read on http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ze5R4FEy-9I
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Forensics: #NamUS PHOTOS: 100 people most recently reported missing in Arizona
More than 1,000 people in Arizona are currently listed as missing on the NamUS database. Here are 100 of the most recently reported missing person cases in our state. If you have any information about any of these cases, please … Continue reading
Forensics: Judges and DAs don’t care. A Star Witness Recanted. But Tasha Shelby is Still Imprisoned for ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Junk-Science. – The Appeal
A Star Witness Recanted. But Tasha Shelby is Still Imprisoned for ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Junk-Science. – The Appeal — Read on theappeal.org/tasha-shelby-shaken-baby-syndrome-junk-science/
Forensics: More funding for #NamUS. Tillis, Hoeven unveil bill to coordinate data for missing persons, unidentified human remains
Tillis, Hoeven unveil bill to coordinate data for missing persons, unidentified human remains – Ripon Advance — Read on riponadvance.com/stories/tillis-hoeven-unveil-bill-to-coordinate-data-for-missing-persons-unidentified-human-remains/
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Forensics: Genealogy again. Remains found in Hancock County in 1990s ID’ed as missing Cleveland woman
A woman whose remains were discovered in Hancock County in 1994 have been identified nearly 30 years after the fact. — Read on http://www.wrtv.com/news/public-safety/remains-found-in-hancock-county-in-1990s-ided-as-missing-cleveland-woman
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Forensics: Forensic genealogy helps to solve the mystery of The Somerton Man
In this episode of the What Remains podcast we tell you how a professor and a genealogist teamed up to solve one of the oldest mysteries in the world. — Read on http://www.wral.com/forensic-genealogy-helps-to-solve-the-mystery-of-the-somerton-man/20517698/
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Forensics: Special team of divers searching Allegheny River finds 100 cars, hoping to close cold cases
Special team of divers searching Allegheny River finds 100 cars, hoping to close cold cases – WPXI — Read on http://www.wpxi.com/video/special-team-divers-searching-allegheny-river-finds-100-cars-hoping-close-cold-cases/9fdb571c-8d57-4b67-9960-7751bb9abf10/
Forensics: Black Americans seven times more likely to be wrongfully convicted – Mississippi Today
They spent 26 years on Mississippi’s death row for murders they did not commit — only to walk free last year. They are far from alone. — Read on mississippitoday.org/2022/10/11/black-americans-wrongfully-convicted/
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