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Forensics: Bravo Jose! Meet the forensic expert who uses DNA tests to trace and return lost children to families around the world
José Lorente is helping governments to return children who have been stolen through trafficking, illegally put up for adoption and worse — Read on inews.co.uk/news/world/jose-lorente-forensic-expert-dna-tests-trace-return-lost-children-families-1068953
Forensics: Tulsa massacre: The search for victims, 100 years on – BBC News
Great look at the context of the Tulsa race massacre from a Black bio anthro. Awesome. Decades after white mobs razed an affluent black neighbourhood the search for bodies goes on. — Read on http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57244863.amp
Forensics: Wrongful Conviction – Podcasts
Read about the dark side of wrongful convictions. Multiple podcasts. Based on the files of the lawyers who freed them, Wrongful Conviction features interviews with men and women who have spent decades in prison for crimes they did not commit … Continue reading
Forensics: What’s wrong with crime labs = DC mayor defends crime lab but says she wants issues ‘fully investigated’
What the heck does a mayor know about forensics? Politics, police and forensics is a hot mess of conflicts and agendas. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she wants concerns about the operations of the District’s Department of Forensic Sciences “fully … Continue reading
Forensics: Battling ballistics experts. Defense expert witness rebuts prosecution’s version of car-to-car shooting
Notice the DA hassles the defense expert who has trouble interpreting an incomplete report from the DOJ ballistics lab. Talk about gaslighting. Must be taught in DA 101 cross examination class. Mar. 12—The defense began presenting its case on Thursday … Continue reading
Forensics: Theft in Louvre. Mona Lisa included. The Louvre Recovers Armor Pieces Stolen Nearly 40 Years Ago
At the end of May 1983, two pieces of Italian Renaissance armor went missing. The circumstances around their disappearance still remain a mystery. — Read on http://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/world/europe/louvre-art-theft.html
Forensics: Sentenced to death, but innocent: These are stories of justice gone wrong. National Geographic @The_AAFS
In depth discussion and interviews. Includes Ray Krone who was put on death row by AAFS/ABFO bite dentist, Ray Rawson. The DA in his case spent $50K for the dental expert. The defense got $1500. Ray’s family petitioned the ABFO … Continue reading
Forensics: Missing girl’s body found on Crow Reservation | Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Indigenous female murder rates are spiking. Little mentioned in major media. Unacceptable. Missing girl’s body found on Crow Reservation | Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women | billingsgazette.com — Read on billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/mmiw/missing-girls-body-found-on-crow-reservation/article_2674ccb0-3cf2-58b2-8f62-64f8a25be3e9.amp.html
Posted in AAFS, Crime, criminal justice, US homicide statistics analysis
Tagged indigenous murder rates
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Forenscis: Syria ‘finds body of archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad beheaded by IS’
He died protecting his beloved Palmyra. Syria ‘finds body of archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad beheaded by IS’ – BBC News — Read on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-middle-east-55977964
Posted in AAFS, Crime, Forensic Science
Tagged cultural terrorists, murdered archaeologist, Palmyra
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‘Forensics: I am not afraid of the gas chamber’: Codebreakers solve old Zodiac Killer cipher
Scientists rock!! Classic cold case in California. FBI backs amateur sleuths who appear to have deciphered a chilling message from the infamous 1960s killer. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1250948
Posted in AAFS, Crime, Forensic Science
Tagged American Academy of Forensic Science, Forensic science, Zodiac killer
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