Category Archives: criminal justice

Forensics: LDF Submits Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Defending Due Process to Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Capital Case

LDF Submits Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Defending Due Process to Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Capital Case — Read on http://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-submits-amicus-brief-to-supreme-court-defending-due-process-to-post-conviction-dna-testing-in-capital-case/

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Forensics: Chilling fact. Almost half of American children reside in households with criminal justice involvement

Almost half of American children reside in households with criminal justice involvement – Mental Daily — Read on http://www.mentaldaily.com/article/2022/07/almost-half-of-american-children-reside-in-households-with-criminal-justice-involvement

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Forensics: AGs hate post-conviction testing. Justices reject state’s arguments in DNA dispute.

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Friday turned down an attempt by Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office to block DNA testing of evidence in a 1975 murder that sent — Read on https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/justices-reject-state-s-arguments-in-dna-dispute/article_eb1ae077-9b47-5cdd-83c8-c1be34252376.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

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Forensics: NamUS in the news. Missing Persons Alert For Young Woman Issued By Red Bank Police

Missing Persons Alert For Young Woman Issued By Red Bank Police – Red Bank-Shrewsbury, NJ – Alert says Katherine A. Arias,33, was last seen in Red Bank on June 21. — Read on patch.com/new-jersey/redbank/missing-persons-alert-young-woman-issued-red-bank-police

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Forensics: 1700 kits analyzed results in Charges filed in 6 California cold cases after sexual assault kit backlog cleared

Orange County authorities have cleared a backlog of untested sexual assault kits going back decades and the results led to the filing of charges in six cold cases, the district attorney’s office announced Tuesday. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/charges-filed-6-california-cold-cases-sexual-assault-kit-backlog-clear-rcna35893

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Forensics: 1955 Warrant In Emmett Till Case Found, Family Seeks Arrest Of Woman

The arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham was discovered last week and Till’s family wants her to be charged nearly 70 years later. — Read on http://www.huffpost.com/entry/emmitt-till-arrest-warrant-carolyn-bryant-donham_n_62bcb7e5e4b0a21d84220f40

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Forensics: Clueless Judge denies advanced DNA testing in West Memphis 3 case

Judge says since Echols is no longer in prison he has no privilege to argue his innocence. What “law” is that based on? Judge denies advanced DNA testing in West Memphis 3 case – Talk Business & Politics — Read … Continue reading

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Forensics: Law profs experienced governmental threats yet they prevail over the backlash to their publishing prosecutor misconduct cases in New York. Attack on #public #information #rights

Register — Read on http://www.reuters.com/legal/government/law-profs-prevail-over-backlash-publishing-prosecutor-misconduct-cases-2022-06-22/

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Forensics: ‘Where is she?’ Iowa Indigenous communities grapple with missing and murder cold cases

Indigenous people are missing in Iowa, but disappearances span the nation. — Read on http://www.thegazette.com/news/where-is-she-iowa-indigenous-communities-grapple-with-missing-and-murder-cold-cases/

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Forensics: False DNA testimony. Calls for independent inquiry into Queensland forensic lab as DNA testing failures prompt criminal cases to be reopened

A government review into DNA testing at a state-run forensics laboratory is labelled “manifestly inadequate” by a former employee after Queensland police revealed they were re-examining cases dating back to the start of 2018. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-02/qld-dna-forensic-lab-review-handling-criminal-cases/101121284

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