Category Archives: criminal justice

Forensics: Familial DNA and a suspect licking an envelope in 2018. Detective explains how DNA was obtained; week 1 of murder trial complete

The first week is complete in the double murder trial of Raymand Vannieuwenhoven. The 84-year-old man is accused of the brutal 1976 murders of two people at a Marinette County https://www.ehextra.com/news/detective-explains-how-dna-was-obtained-week-1-of-murder-trial-complete/article_45872733-fd6f-5579-8001-eac304a2e5df.html

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How Massive Companies Sidestepped Their Vows To Uphold Democracy

Major companies still pushing $$$ to Republican 2020 election deniers. The Largest Online News Show in the World — Read on tyt.com/

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Forensics: Intimidation and Defamation. A Black Woman Was Awarded $725,000 In a Lawsuit Against A Neo-Nazi Who Led a Harassment Campaign Against Her

This is the second case this week in which Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin has had to pay for launching a “troll storm” against someone. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/black-woman-awarded-725000-lawsuit-against-neo-nazi-who-led-harassment-campaign-against-her-1453614

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Forensics: DA and police misconduct = Hidden Costs: Liability Judgments for Wrongful Capital Prosecutions Cost Taxpayers in Death-Penalty States Hundreds of Millions of Dollars | Death Penalty Information Center

Now, as the number of murder exonerations mounts across the United States, a previously hidden cost is emerging: the cost of liability for police and… — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/hidden-costs-liability-judgments-for-wrongful-capital-prosecutions-cost-taxpayers-in-death-penalty-states-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars

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Forensics: How an exoneration of Anthony Porter’s case led to abolition of death penalty in Illinois

John Hanlon said Anthony Porter’s case and exoneration in 1999 played a significant role in ultimately abolishing the death penalty in Illinois. — Read on http://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/07/11/anthony-porters-case-led-abolition-death-penalty-illinois/7910773002/

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Forensics: Police hid body cam video for two years. FBI opens police shooting case based on new evidence.

http://www.huffpost.com/entry/body-cam-investigation-death-ronald-greene_n_60e6e9bce4b0f9cbbfd83750

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Forensics: Coerced confession ignored. Illinois Appellate Court Denies Exonerated Man’s Innocence Certificate

Illinois Appellate Court Denies Exonerated Man’s Innocence Certificate – Chicago, IL – Wayne Washington spent 11 years in prison for a crime that he says he didn’t commit. — Read on patch.com/illinois/chicago/illinois-appellate-court-denies-exonerated-mans-innocence-certificate

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Forensics: OC Prosecutors threaten to overcharge and extort in order to Operate Vast Genetic Surveillance Program

A DA’s office in California offers plea deals and dismissals for misdemeanor offenses — but only if people give up their DNA. — Read on theintercept.com/2021/07/03/orange-county-prosecutors-dna-surveillance/

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Forensics: Who is running this forensics lab? More departures from troubled DC crime lab | WTOP

More managers appear to have departed from the embattled D.C. crime lab, which saw its accreditation to perform forensic testing withdrawn in the spring. — Read on wtop.com/dc/2021/06/more-departures-from-troubled-dc-crime-lab/

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Forensics: Rudy Giuliani’s New York law license revoked

The former president calls NY “out of control.” “The seriousness of respondent’s uncontroverted misconduct cannot be overstated,” the judges wrote about Giuliani. — Read on http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-rudy-giuliani-law-license-suspended-20210624-d2y6famigfhtxhhv6li5holspi-story.html

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