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Fake Forensics: Junk science’: Former tobacco lobbyist claims wildfire smoke poses no health risk
A former tobacco lobbyist-turned-Fox News contributor bucked health experts by claiming on air that smoke billowing over the Northeast from Canadian wildfires will do people no harm.Speaking on The Ingraham Angle Wednesday, Steve Milloy said that the warning about the … Continue reading
Forensics ID: Dental evidence included in this process. Forensic Anthropology Lab helps authorities identify skeletal remains
Forensic Anthropology Lab helps authorities identify skeletal remains – Fresno State News — Read on http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2023/06/06/forensic-anthropology-lab-helps-authorities-identify-skeletal-remains/
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Anthropology at work. Forensic tools restore identity to the unknown dead. – YouTube
Forensic scientists from NC State have teamed up with state investigators in the hope of identifying skeletal remains and restoring the identities of unknown individuals in North Carolina. After studying the bones and creating biological profiles, they turn to DNA … Continue reading
Forensics: Australia needs a dedicated body for wrongful convictions
Professor David Hamer and Dr Andrew Dyer from Sydney Law School explain why Kathleen Folbigg’s pardon points to the need for a Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in Australia. — Read on http://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/06/06/australia-needs-a-dedicated-body-for-wrongful-convictions.html
Forensics: Fake forensic scientist exposed as a sex predator is deemed too dangerous for jail release
EXCLUSIVE One of Britain’s most notorious conmen, who tricked judges into believing he was a respected forensic detective has been ruled still too dangerous to be released. — Read on http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12152473/Fake-forensic-scientist-exposed-sex-predator-deemed-dangerous-jail-release.html
Forensics failure: Queensland forensic DNA lab sacks managing scientist Cathie Allen after inquiry
The inquiry found Cathie Allen lied to her immediate supervisor and senior police about the work of the lab, which is the key point of testing DNA for criminal cases. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-25/qld-dna-lab-mortuary-chief-scientist-sacked/102390212
Forensics: When skull measurements considered ethnic superiority. Anténor Firmin challenged anthropology’s racist roots 150 years ago
In The Equality of the Human Races, Haitian scholar Anténor Firmin showed that science did not support division among the races. — Read on http://www.sciencenews.org/article/antenor-firmin-anthropology-racism-haiti
Forensics: The Death Row Case of Ray Krone, the Beginning of the End of Bite Mark Evidence in the United States
Full article: The Death Row Case of Ray Krone, the Beginning of the End of Bite Mark Evidence in the United States — Read on http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19424396.2023.2210330
Forensics: Bitemarkers Beware. The Good and Bad Legacies of Forensic Odontology
Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/19424396.2023.2210331
Forensics: Utter BS. Forensic Odontology Response to the NIST Report and CIFS
This is what the American Academy of Forensic Sciences certifies as a valid and reliable discipline for human identification. Of course, the obstinate bitemarker group claims it’s “new improvements” sanctify their continuing to deceice the criminal justice system. Forensic Odontology … Continue reading
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