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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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Forensics: Why DNA testing rape kits work. Mystery murders of women found strangled to death with bitemarks on their arms ‘solved’ after crucial clue emerged
A 76-YEAR-old man has been arrested decades after two women were found strangled to death and suffering from bite marks.James Ray Gary was arrested la — Read on http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19317513/james-ray-gary-murders-california-mystery/
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Forensics: Canada slow in accepting genetic genealogy. It helps ID unidentified persons. Advanced DNA could help solve cold cases in Canada.
Advances in DNA technology are being credited with solving a growing pile of cold case murders in the U.S., but the news methods are yet to be tested in the Canadian court system. — Read on globalnews.ca/news/9008397/advanced-dna-cold-case-murders-canada/
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Forensics: Horrific injuries. Jurors hear about autopsies of slain Parkland students
Broward Associate Medical Examiner Dr. Iouri Boiko testified about the autopsies of four students shot to death by Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz. — Read on http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article263722593.html
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Forensics: Genetics and genealogy. Coffee cup helps police crack one of US’s oldest cold cases after 300 interviews since 1975
Genealogy researchers traced possible suspect’s DNA to Calabria region of Italy — Read on http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/police-cold-case-coffee-cup-b2127282.html
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Forensics: Genetics and Geneaology gets Nevada man charged in 1982 cold case murder of 5-year-old California girl
The Reno, Nevada man was the cold case victim’s neighbor in Seaside, California — Read on http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/nevada-man-charged-in-1982-cold-case-murder-of-5-year-old-california-girl
Forensics: How bad science is being used to prosecute women for killing their newborns in Latin America
Im wondering if this false methid has been used north of the Mexican border. From Mexico to Argentina, prosecutors have relied on the flotation test to convict women of killing their babies. — Read on http://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-06-23/newborns-were-found-dead-a-faulty-forensic-test-sent-their-mothers-to-prison
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