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Forensics: Odessa in Ukraine needs donations. Power grid is destroyed. Fight Putin’s cruel war.
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Forensics: Law. Illinois enacts immigration protections amid Trump crackdowns | Reuters
Illinois residents can sue federal immigration agents if they believe their civil rights have been violated. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/legal/government/illinois-enacts-immigration-protections-amid-trump-crackdowns-2025-12-09/
Forensics: Junk Tylenol lawsuit by State AG. Nuclear verdicts land Texas on Judicial Hellhole Watch List – Texas – The Black Chronicle
Nuclear verdicts land Texas on Judicial Hellhole Watch List – The Black Chronicle — Read on blackchronicle.com/southwest/texas/nuclear-verdicts-land-texas-on-judicial-hellhole-watch-list/
Forensics: The rising majority: Women in forensic investigation
Women are increasingly dominating the field of forensic science across our country, which is seen in classrooms and forensic labs along our Gulf Coast. — Read on http://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/forensic-science-investigation-women-tech/69612523
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Forensics: Attacking trial exhibits and expert opinions on cause of death. New Court Filing Alleges Prosecutorial Misconduct in Derek Chauvin Trial
New court filing alleges prosecutorial misconduct in the Derek Chauvin trial, claiming evidence manipulation and unfair testimony — Read on inews.zoombangla.com/new-court-filing-alleges-prosecutorial-misconduct-in-derek-chauvin-trial/
Forensics: Law. ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
More than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested by ICE officers in the first nine months of the Trump administration had no criminal histories. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-arrested-nearly-75000-people-no-criminal-records-data-shows-rcna247377
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Forensics: No rockets used in this action. Boat ready for auction. Three charged after 3,715-pound cocaine bust off Miami Beach
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested. — Read on http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article313449404.html
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Forensics: Law. Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force. — Read on http://www.ms.now/news/minneapolis-police-chief-unlawful-force-ice-jobs
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Forensics: Good example of cross examination of an expert. Mostly irrelevant but lawyers will be lawyers. Tommy Zeigler: Experts give conflicting testimony in hearing
Tommy Zeigler was in court for a scheduled week-long evidentiary hearing to determine if his murder convictions from half a century ago are tossed out. — Read on http://www.wesh.com/article/conflicting-forensic-testimony-tommy-zeigler-hearing/69624527
Forensics: Incompetence or something else? DNA expert whose methods were flawed was paid $2.79M. Bermuda News
A discredited forensic scientist who analysed DNA evidence for the Crown in hundreds of criminal cases received almost $2.8 million of public funds, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Bermuda Police Se… — Read on http://www.royalgazette.com/crime/news/article/20251202/dna-expert-whose-methods-were-flawed-was-paid-2-79m/
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