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Forensics: Olympic gold medal to be replaced due to bite marks
A member of Japan’s gold medal-winning softball team will have her medal replaced with a fresh one after the mayor of her hometown chomped down on the original following an outcry on social media. — Read on http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/2021/0812/1240436-olympics-gold-medal-to-be-replaced-due-to-teeth-marks/
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Forensics: Gay forensic expert wins huge payout after boss’s bizarre take on her sexuality
Jo Millington is a well known forensics person. Her ex boss sounds like a dolt. A gay forensic expert has won a huge payout after her boss made bizarre and offensive comments about her sexuality. — Read on uk.news.yahoo.com/gay-forensic-expert-wins-huge-201425341.html
Forensics: Thousands of Baltimore crime scene fingerprints are never processed, as police supervisor says lab is always in ‘triage mode’
More police-controlled crime lab problems. Experts say backlogs are not uncommon in big cities, with police departments forced to prioritize due to a lack of funds. But a Baltimore Police Department crime lab supervisor says city police don’t acknowledge the … Continue reading
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Forensics: Then Trump showed up. 2015 Update: White House Report on Forensics Science: “Eradicate” the Use of Bitemarks. @chronic_jordan @radleybalko
Strange how, in this respect, it seems Trump hasnt left certain bastions of criminal justice. Update on the Update: More on this today (Wednesday July 22, 2015) from Radley Balko at THE WATCH On Tuesday, July 21, the White House … Continue reading
Forensics: Drug test used to find drugs in prison inmate mail. Mass. defense attorneys say drug test falsely flags client mail | Reuters
The plantiffs attack includes claims that the Sirchie LLC product is absolutely junk. Similar complaint to police on-scene drug testing problems due to false positive reacts to commonly found substances. A group of defense attorneys and prison inmates filed a … Continue reading
Forensics: Law Prof Maneka Sinha pulls no punches. What’s Wrong with Forensic Science? Everything. “Junk dressed up as scientific analysis.”
One word for this law review paper. WOW!! 👏 What’s Wrong with Forensic Science? Everything, Says Paper | The Crime Report — Read on thecrimereport.org/2021/08/11/whats-wrong-with-forensic-science-everything-says-paper/
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Forensics: Bitemarks. Michigan governor Witmer and Innocence community shares how faulty forensic science leads to wrongful convictions
A task force created this year by Governor Gretchen Whitmer continues to meet each month to come up with recommendations and best practices for how forensic science work is used, conducted and assessed in the criminal justice system. — Read … Continue reading
Forensics: Despite USDOJ claim of ballistics “quasi-science,”Auditor to review DC ballistic crime lab’s compliance with 2011 law creating independent forensic agency
The troubled D.C. crime lab is getting another probing: This time by the Office of the D.C. Auditor. — Read on wtop.com/dc/2021/08/auditor-to-review-dc-crime-labs-compliance-with-2011-law-creating-independent-forensic-agency/
Forensics: Unknown DOJ Prosecutor writes policy statement ignoring scientific commissions’ years of critical review.
Another hit piece by government lawyers claiming scientific scrutiny of police science is unscientific. Weird. Democracy Forward and the Union of Concerned Scientists say the Trump-era statement is biased, inaccurate, and runs afoul of federal law. — Read on theintercept.com/2021/08/08/forensic-science-reform-justice-department/
Forensics: Opinion | Why we can’t trust the states to prevent wrongful convictions – The Washington Post
Reformist prosecutors are showing how the system’s preference for “finality” thwarts the interests of justice. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/09/why-we-cant-trust-states-prevent-wrongful-convictions/
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