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Missing Persons: Dylan Rounds’ parents want different agency to take over case of their missing son
Dylan Rounds’ parents want different agency to take over case of their missing son – East Idaho News — Read on http://www.eastidahonews.com/2022/08/dylan-rounds-parents-want-different-agency-to-take-over-case-of-their-missing-son/
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Forensics: New L.A. Innocence Project, Funded by Exoneree, Will Partner With Forensic Scientists to Uncover Wrongful Convictions |
New LA Innocence Project, Funded by Exoneree, Will Partner With Forensic Scientists to Uncover Wrongful Convictions | — Read on witnessla.com/new-la-innocence-project-funded-by-exoneree-will-partner-with-forensic-scientists-to-uncover-wrongful-convictions/
Forensics: DNA from letter helps solve 34-year-old cold case murder of Pa. mom
The cold case murder of a 26-year-old Pennsylvania mother in 1988 has been finally solved thanks to DNA evidence found on a chilling letter. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dna-letter-helps-solve-34-year-old-cold-case-murder-pa-mom-rcna44185
Posted in AAFS, DNA profiling, Forensic Science
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Forensics: Warrantless New Jersey police’s use of a baby’s DNA violated the public’s trust
On television, when DNA evidence is used in an innovative way to solve a cold case, the police are heralded as heroes. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/new-jersey-polices-use-babys-dna-undermines-publics-trust-rcna43996
LA Sheriff Villanueva destroyed fotos. Forensic Expert’s Blunt Opinion Sheds New Suspicion In Kobe Bryant Crash Trial
A forensic expert in the Kobe trial has come forward with more damning testimony against LA County officials, this time concerning the handling of evidence. — Read on http://www.nickiswift.com/969677/forensic-experts-blunt-opinion-sheds-new-suspicion-in-kobe-bryant-crash-trial/
Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, Crime, Crime lab scandal
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Forensics: Exploding the myth of CSI heroes who are really villains. How fake science corrupts criminal justice
In 1992, Eddie Lee Howard, a poor black man, was accused of murdering an 84-year-old woman in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Howard had a solid alibi, and the state had no concrete evidence against him. In the original autopsy, the assigned … Continue reading
Forensics: Unspeakable. Kids-for-cash judges ordered to pay more than $200M
Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in … Continue reading
Posted in AAFS, human rights violations, Perjury by Prosecutors
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Forensics: Jokes on him. Nassau Executive Blasts Bail Reform, Data Shows Few Are Re-Arrested
On him. As Nassau Executive Blasts Bail Reform, Data Shows Few Are Re-Arrested – East Meadow, NY – Data from the NCPD shows that 87 percent of people arrested last quarter were released without bail. But few went on to … Continue reading
Forensics: WTF? Criminal Justice Reform Advocate Adam Foss Indicted on Rape and Sex Abuse Charges
Adam Foss was honored as the Nelson Mandela Changemaker of the Year in 2017 — the same year he’s accused of raping a woman in a NY hotel room. — Read on http://www.insider.com/criminal-justice-reform-advocate-raping-woman-while-she-slept-2022-8
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