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Forensics: DA denied DNA testing in 2000. Now man released from California prison after 38 years following new DNA evidence
A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars convicted of murder and two attempted murders has been released from a California prison after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different person. The conviction of Maurice Hastings, 69, and … Continue reading
Forensics: “Will take years.” Exhumations resume for DNA to ID Tulsa Race Massacre victims
The process of re-exhuming of some of the 19 bodies exhumed a year ago for testing in an effort to identify victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre , then reburied in an Oklahoma cemetery, began Wednesday to gather more … Continue reading
Forensics: Clueless Acting head of Queensland forensics lab says she had no experience in DNA profiling, did not understand ‘urgent’ police concerns – ABC News
Lara Keller tells an inquiry into forensic DNA testing in Queensland that although she is a scientist by background, she had no experience in DNA profiling. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-24/queensland-dna-inquiry-forensics-lab-lara-keller/101569902
Forensics: Showing some cognitive bias in Civil War reenactors. They Kicked Us Out For This! – YouTube
They Kicked Us Out For This! – YouTube — Read on http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ze5R4FEy-9I
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Forensics: #NamUS says 600K missing, 4K bodies every year. 1000 unidentified. Skeletal Remains Found in Park by Hiker Identified as Missing Man
Peter Myers, 68, was last seen in the summer, according to police. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/skeletal-remains-found-park-hiker-identified-missing-man-1750285
Forensics: Inaccurate expert assumptions touted as facts and supressed exculpatory witnesses. Rodney Reed Takes DNA Testing Fight to Supreme Court
Now Reed is taking his fight to the Supreme Court. — Read on theintercept.com/2022/10/09/rodney-reed-supreme-court-dna-testing/
Forensics: Racial patterns in US wrongful convictions. Innocent POC 7.5 x more likely to be wrongfully convicted.
http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/Race Report Preview.pdf
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Tagged National Registry of Exonerations
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Forensics: Blood in soil. Kristin Smart Murder Trial: Forensic DNA consultant resumes testimony, calls prosecution’s witness into question
Thursday’s proceedings resumed with testimony from the defense’s second witness: Elizabeth Johnson, a forensic DNA consultant working through a private practice. — Read on mustangnews.net/kristin-smart-murder-trial-forensic-dna-consultant-resumes-testimony-calls-prosecutions-witness-into-question/
Forensics: #NamUS Bill could make it easier to locate missing people across the U.S.
There are more than 22,000 people missing in the U.S. More than 600 of those people were reported missing in East Tennessee. — Read on http://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/trace-act-could-universalize-how-missing-person-information-is-entered-into-namus/51-795be65e-0573-46c9-a0cc-5dde761c1fa8
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Tagged 000 missing persons in the US, 600
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Forensics: Kudos to Amy at NamUS!! Governor signs NamUS bill into law
HARRISBURG — State police are now required to turn over DNA samples of missing persons and unidentified decedents to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUS), thanks to two — Read on http://www.dailyitem.com/content/tncms/live/
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