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Forensics: ‘The numbers kept going’: the forensic office identifying human remains at the border | Mexico |
Amid a shortage of forensic pathologists, Arizona’s Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner has identified thousands of those who lost their lives in the Borderlands This piece is co-published with High Country News — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/19/arizona-migrants-remains-border-forensics
Forensics: Horror of the Ukraine war: Izium bodies show signs of torture and execution | Europe | News and current affairs from around the continent
Over 400 people are being recovered from shallow graves outside the town of Izium, Ukraine. DW’s Emmanuelle Chaze visited the horrific scene and spoke to investigators, who believe war crimes took place there. — Read on http://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-war-izium-bodies-show-signs-of-torture-and-execution/a-63163444
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Tagged mass murder in Ukraine
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Forensics: Diversity Issues: Forensic Scientists are Whiter Than Communities They Serve
Unless there is greater diversity in the field, much of the technology being developed will continue to ignore the impacts on people of color, according to a new report. — Read on thecrimereport.org/2022/09/08/study-forensic-scientists-are-whiter-than-communities-they-serve/
Posted in AAFS, Forensic Science, US Crime labs
Tagged forensic science racial diversity
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Forensics: The World’s Largest Experiment Simulating Dead Bodies in Suitcases Is Underway : ScienceAlert
A crime scene can present itself in any form and size. — Read on http://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-largest-experiment-simulating-dead-bodies-in-suitcases-is-underway
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Forensics: Michigan State Police: 3,250 THC lab reports may be inaccurate
The Michigan State Police say about 3,250 lab reports on THC toxicology samples in prosecutions may be inaccurate because of a technical issue. — Read on http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2022/09/01/michigan-state-police-3250-thc-lab-reports-may-be-inaccurate/
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Forensics: DNA from letter helps solve 34-year-old cold case murder of Pa. mom
The cold case murder of a 26-year-old Pennsylvania mother in 1988 has been finally solved thanks to DNA evidence found on a chilling letter. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dna-letter-helps-solve-34-year-old-cold-case-murder-pa-mom-rcna44185
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Forensics: Exploding the myth of CSI heroes who are really villains. How fake science corrupts criminal justice
In 1992, Eddie Lee Howard, a poor black man, was accused of murdering an 84-year-old woman in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Howard had a solid alibi, and the state had no concrete evidence against him. In the original autopsy, the assigned … Continue reading
Forensics: “Gun broke during testing.”Alec Baldwin’s Lawyer Responds to FBI Forensic Report Concluding He May Have Pulled Trigger in ‘Rust’ Shooting
The bombshell report determined the gun used onset could not have fired without someone pulling the trigger. — Read on http://www.etonline.com/alec-baldwins-lawyer-responds-to-fbi-forensic-report-concluding-he-may-have-pulled-trigger-in-rust
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Forensics: Document recovery. Meet the guys who tape Trump’s papers back together
The president’s unofficial ‘filing system’ involves tearing up documents into pieces, even when they’re supposed to be preserved. — Read on http://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164
Forensics : Prosecutors await forensic analysis in Alec Baldwin shooting – ABC News
A New Mexico prosecutor says her office will decide whether criminal charges will be filed in the fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin once the investigation is complete — Read on abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/prosecutors-await-forensic-analysis-alec-baldwin-shooting-87939417
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