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Forensics: Law. A Supreme Court Win Didn’t Free Richard Glossip. But This Judge Could.
A year since his legal victory — and after six judges recused themselves — Richard Glossip is asking a new trial judge to release him from jail. — Read on theintercept.com/2026/02/25/richard-glossip-judge-natalie-mai-oklahoma/
Forensics: Incarceration. ICE Detention Centers Face Huge Backlash—Before They’ve Even Been Built
Turns out ICE has bad PR. — Read on http://www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-detention-centers-face-huge-backlash-before-even-built
Forensics: Crime. OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago –
ChatGPT maker opted against informing authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar’s descriptions of violence last June — Read on http://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/openai-employees-raised-alarms-about-canada-shooting-suspect-months-ago-b585df62
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Forensics: Law. Crime. HS First Amendment Protest Gets Slammed in Quakertown. DA Investigating Police Chief.
centralbucksnews.com/news/2026/feb/21/da-launches-independent-probe-into-quakertown-police-response/
Forensics: Law. A total clown show. Real DAs shocked. Grand jury rejection deals blow to Trump
Grand jury rejection deals blow to Trump — Read on http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/grand-jury-rejection-deals-blow-to-trump/gm-8E2A5B1B43
Forensics: Looking at fingerprints, firearms and shoe prints for the last 100 years. New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony – Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law
New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony – Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law — Read on wcsj.law.duke.edu/news/new-database-documents-a-century-of-court-decisions-on-forensic-expert-evidence-testimony/
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Forensics: Crime. Law. Lawyers begin tracker to monitor abnormal DOJ criminal charges : NPR
Criminal defense lawyers are tracking when the Justice Department appears to rely on irregular charging practices, including aggressive legal theories and possible political retribution. — Read on http://www.npr.org/2026/02/18/g-s1-110397/justice-department-tracker-abnormal-criminal-charges
Forensics: Good Info. NIST Releases New Forensic Genetic Reference Material to Help Crime Laboratories Analyze Challenging Cases | NIST
The reference material is the first to include mixtures of high-quality and degraded DNA from different individuals. — Read on http://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/02/nist-releases-new-forensic-genetic-reference-material-help-crime
Forensics: “Haven of fraud.” Bondi and Blanche take credit for ongoing case with local agencies.
Office of Public Affairs | Fraud Tourists Plead Guilty to Minneapolis Medicaid Fraud | United States Department of Justice — Read on http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fraud-tourists-plead-guilty-minneapolis-medicaid-fraud
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Forensics: One corporation is the main provider. England: Collapsing forensic science system is ‘national scandal in the making’ | Scottish Legal News
The forensic science system in England and Wales is on the brink of collapse. This stark assessment, expressed by Professor Angela Gallop, has been reinforced today by the House of Lord Science and Technology Committee in a report that found … Continue reading
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FORENSICS and LAW in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends 