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Forensics: False DNA testimony. Calls for independent inquiry into Queensland forensic lab as DNA testing failures prompt criminal cases to be reopened
A government review into DNA testing at a state-run forensics laboratory is labelled “manifestly inadequate” by a former employee after Queensland police revealed they were re-examining cases dating back to the start of 2018. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/qld-dna-forensic-lab-review-handling-criminal-cases/101121284
Forensics: Cop DNA database misused. Senate passes bill in response to SF crime lab scandal
The state senate unanimously passed a genetic privacy bill this week in response to the San Francisco Police Department’s DNA crime lab scandal. — Read on http://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/senate-passes-bill-in-response-to-sf-crime-lab-scandal/
Forensics: It’s Time for Science to Take Down Bullies in Its Own Ranks – Scientific American
These problems fo deeper than just these few bigwigs. Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. — Read on … Continue reading
Forensics: Last Salem ‘witch’ pardoned 329 years after she was wrongly convicted | Massachusetts
Massachusetts lawmakers formally exonerate Elizabeth Johnson Jr, who was sentenced to death in 1693 — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/27/last-salem-witch-pardoned-elizabeth-johnson-jr-massachusetts
Forensics: Missings systemically underreported to NamUS. Bay Indian Community Observes Missing and Murdered Women Month
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Observes Missing and Murdered Women Month – ABC 10/CW5 — Read on abc10up.com/2022/05/27/keweenaw-bay-indian-community-observes-missing-and-murdered-women-month/
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Forensics: Digital evidence. Grosse Pointer Bryan Neumeister testifies in Depp, Heard libel case
Michigan’s Bryan Neumeister testified in the Johnny Depp, Amber Heard libel case as a digital forensics expert tasked with analyzed photos of Heard. — Read on http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2022/05/25/johnny-depp-amber-heard-grosse-pointe-native-bryan-neumeister/9931437002/
Forensics: Bad lawyers get a pass as the Supreme court guts lifeline for prisoners who claim wrongful convictions
This clearly is a win for the pro-carceral judges Trump put onto SCOTUS. It again reveals how the Rights and Protections of due process are meaningless to this bunch. Once guilty always guilty in their pea-brain thinking regardless of incompetent … Continue reading
Forensics: New BC Prosecution document guides against excessive incarceration of Indigenous people
Prosecutors reminded to always consider impacts of colonialism, residential schools — Read on http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/new-bc-prosecution-document-guides-against-excessive-incarceration-of-indigenous-people/
Forensics: NamUS mandate. New Texas law helping families looking for missing loved ones
John and Joseph’s Law requires law enforcement agencies, justices of the peace and medical examiners in the state to use NamUs, a national database to solve missing and unidentified persons cases. — Read on http://www.kxan.com/investigations/new-texas-law-helping-families-looking-for-missing-loved-ones/
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