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Forensics: DNA Identification: California sailor killed at Pearl Harbor finally identified
California sailor killed at Pearl Harbor finally identified — Read on http://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/14/san-diego-sailor-killed-at-pearl-harbor-finally-identified/
Posted in AAFS, DNA profiling, human identification
Tagged WWII human identification
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Forensics: Univ. of Washington DNA testing shows links between criminal elephant ivory traffickers
Since 2004, scientists at the University of Washington have used DNA to help uncover criminal networks behind the trafficking of elephant ivory. — Read on http://www.geekwire.com/2022/univ-of-washington-dna-testing-shows-links-between-criminal-elephant-ivory-traffickers/
Posted in AAFS, DNA profiling, Forensic Science
Tagged animal traffickers, illigal elephant tusks
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Forensics: Awful. Cops using Rape kits to arrest assault victims.
Posted in AAFS, DNA profiling, forensic science misconduct, police crime labs
Tagged police misconduct
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Forensics: More gibberish from a DA on “what is science.” Uses typical lawyer objections about “caselaw.” Request for re-testing DNA from West Memphis Three murder scene denied
Crittenden County Prosecuting Attorney Keith Chrestman said there is little evidence that M-Vac is a scientifically sound method and would alter the DNA evidence in the case. — Read on http://www.actionnews5.com/2022/02/09/request-re-testing-dna-west-memphis-three-murder-scene-denied/
Forensics: Hiding material evidence. State Bar of Texas issues a public reprimand for former ADA. DNA later proved defendant innocent.
Former Assistant District Attorney Katie Nielsen has received a public reprimand from the State Bar of Texas for professional misconduct a case she was prosecuting. — Read on http://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/state-bar-of-texas-issues-public-reprimand-to-former-assistant-district-attorney/501-458a6b7e-f51b-487e-9f85-44907e3330a4
Posted in AAFS, Crime, DNA profiling, prosecutorial misconduct
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Forensics: Phenotype DNA composite images shedding new light on cold cases
It’s a major tool used in law enforcement investigations: DNA, the genetic data collected at crime scenes. It can lead to a suspect or identify a victim, when it’s matched to DNA in a database. But what if there are … Continue reading
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Forensics: DNA links California teacher Charles Wright to cold-case murder
The inability to age DNA evidence is a limitation to these cold cases. No mention of how the police got the school teacher’s defendant’s DNA. Charles Wright, 56, of Hawthorne, was arrested Thursday on a murder charge in the slaying … Continue reading
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Forensics: Genealogy DNA. Colorado police solve four homicide cold cases with DNA from exhumed killer
Using genetic genealogy and familial DNA, police in Colorado have solved the decades-old cases of the deaths of four females, saying the killer was a man who died by suicide in jail in 1981. — Read on http://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/us/colorado-dna-cold-case-killer-id/index.html
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Forensic DNA: Forensic Science Helps to Shed Light on Impact of Tulsa Race Massacre | Lab Manager
Non-profit DNA testing laboratory strives to identify victims of Tulsa Race Massacre — Read on http://www.labmanager.com/news/forensic-science-helps-to-shed-light-on-impact-of-tulsa-race-massacre-27423
Posted in AAFS, Civil rights, criminal justice reform, DNA profiling
Tagged genocide, KKK, racial violence in the US, Tulsa massacre
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Forensics: How a local ME agency uses the NAMUS system for its unknown persons. District Six Medical Examiner – Unidentified Persons
District Six Medical Examiner – Unidentified Persons — Read on http://www.pinellascounty.org/forensics/me_unidentified.htm
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