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Forensics: Exclusive: US scraps Justice Department task force that took on cartels, documents show
The U.S. Justice Department is closing a task force that took on drug cartels and an office that aimed to ease racial tensions, in a reorganization that drops a plan to merge the nation’s top drug and gun law enforcement … Continue reading
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Forensics: Anti-woke right-wing GOP Member Now Faces 100 Years for Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material
GOP member faces 100 years in prison for child sexual abuse material. Discover the shocking details behind this case. — Read on franknez.com/gop-member-now-faces-100-years-for-distributing-child-sexual-abuse-material/
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Forensics: The federal judge assigned to Trump’s indictment of ex AG James Comey. Michael S. Nachmanoff – Wikipedia
Trumps lawyer Halligan is treading on sanctions for pursuing this process. The first flub is her questionable appointment by the WH. Then she only had 23 (who voted 14 for and 9 against) panel Grand Jury present at her 1am … Continue reading
Forensics: Horrific killings of 4 female teenagers. What to know about the new suspect identified in Texas’ infamous yogurt shop killings
Austin police have identified a new suspect in the 1991 yogurt shop murders of four teenage girls — Read on abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/new-suspect-identified-texas-infamous-yogurt-shop-killings-126002530
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Forensics: Ridiculous. Massachusetts’ Statute of Limitations for Rape Is One of the Shortest in the Nation
State law prevents prosecution of rape suspects after 15 years, even when investigators think new evidence, including DNA, could lead to a conviction. — Read on http://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape
Forensics: Team from NJIT Uses Cellphone Location Data to Help Free Wrongly Accused
Forensics Team from NJIT Uses Cellphone Location Data to Help Free Wrongly Accused — Read on news.njit.edu/forensics-team-njit-uses-location-data-help-free-wrongly-accused
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Forensics: Scandal-hit Queensland DNA lab repeats major testing error as rape victims wait over a year for results
This all started in 2022. Someone is playing dirty with the evidence in urgent criminal cases. Damning review exposes ongoing issues at Forensic Services Queensland, including failure to properly test sample from violent unresolved crime — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/04/forensic-services-qld-queensland-dna-lab-ntwnfb
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John Grisham: Why is Jimmie “Chris” Duncan on LA death row
I helped develop the case against the faked bitemark evidence evidence used to convict Duncan. Jimmie Duncan was convicted in Louisiana almost solely on the wholly fabricated theories of two notorious forensic experts — pathologist Steven Hayne and odontologist Michael … Continue reading
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