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Forensics: A bad day: Medical Examiner’s Office chief toxicologist faces criminal probe with potential legal ramifications in years of cases
Gary Kunsman, the chief toxicologist for the Broward Medical Examiner’s Office, is under investigation for the alleged theft of a controlled substance and evidence tampering. — Read on http://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/07/29/chief-toxicologist-at-broward-medical-examiners-office-under-criminal-investigation/
Forensics: Time of death from rigor mortis. Forensic pathologists disagree with defense experts in Rodney Reed case
Is this really science? A great example of some experts pushing beyond the data limits of their TOD estimates. Exaggeration and probable expectational bias due to outside circumstances. — Read on http://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/forensic-pathologists-disagree-with-defense-experts-in-rodney-reed-case/
Forensics: Search for remains at Colorado’s Native American boarding schools to proceed slowly, respectfully
Search for remains at Colorado’s Native American boarding schools to proceed slowly, respectfully — Read on http://www.denverpost.com/2021/07/25/colorado-indian-boarding-schools-remains-graves/amp/
Forensics: Fake provenance. Rare Cuneiform Tablet Bearing Portion of Epic of Gilgamesh Forfeited to United States
Rare Cuneiform Tablet Bearing Portion of Epic of Gilgamesh Forfeited to United States | OPA | Department of Justice — Read on http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/rare-cuneiform-tablet-bearing-portion-epic-gilgamesh-forfeited-united-states
Forensics: Washington State Patrol’s toxicology lab ran tests in office contaminated by meth, possibly jeopardizing thousand of cases
SEATTLE – Behind the locked doors of a third-floor office in South Seattle, countertop instruments filled with dozens of tiny vials feed data to nearby monitors while performing scores of tests each day in pursuit of justice. — Read on … Continue reading
Forensics: Demands for changing ‘The Entrenched Carceralism of Forensics.’ Weak judges, need for better science oversight.
The forensic system has deep structural flaws that may be beyond reform. It may be time to radically reimagine it. — Read on inquest.org/entrenched-carceralism-of-forensics/
‘Forensics: ‘Those children could be my relatives’: Canada’s first Indigenous forensic pathologist on unmarked graves | Canada
Kona Williams says many unanswered questions remain about how to investigate remains found at the sites of residential schools — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/26/canada-indigenous-forensic-pathologist-unmarked-graves
Forensics: Whoopi Goldberg, Danielle Deadwyler to appear in film about Emmett Till’s mother
Danielle Deadwyler has been tapped to portray Mamie Till-Mobley in a film about her fight for justice for her 14-year-old […] The post Whoopi Goldberg, Danielle Deadwyler to appear in film about Emmett Till’s mother appeared first on TheGrio. — … Continue reading
Forensics: Familial DNA and a suspect licking an envelope in 2018. Detective explains how DNA was obtained; week 1 of murder trial complete
The first week is complete in the double murder trial of Raymand Vannieuwenhoven. The 84-year-old man is accused of the brutal 1976 murders of two people at a Marinette County https://www.ehextra.com/news/detective-explains-how-dna-was-obtained-week-1-of-murder-trial-complete/article_45872733-fd6f-5579-8001-eac304a2e5df.html
Posted in AAFS, criminal justice, DNA profiling, forensic pathology
Tagged cold case DNA, familial DNA database search
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Forensics: Intimidation and Defamation. A Black Woman Was Awarded $725,000 In a Lawsuit Against A Neo-Nazi Who Led a Harassment Campaign Against Her
This is the second case this week in which Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin has had to pay for launching a “troll storm” against someone. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/black-woman-awarded-725000-lawsuit-against-neo-nazi-who-led-harassment-campaign-against-her-1453614
Posted in AAFS, Crime, criminal justice
Tagged KKK, racist tactics, right wing defamation
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