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A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias.
A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias.
Forensics: French spousal rapist investigated for more sexual crimes.
Posted in Crime, DNA profiling, Forensic Science
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Forensics: “Back the Blue” got chumped again.
22 State AGs sue to protect forensic crime labs, police funding, disaster relief, and public services. https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-jeff-jackson-sues-to-block-freeze-on-federal-funds/
Posted in AAFS, Civil rights, Crime, criminal justice, Forensic Science
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Forensics: How error published error rates in Forensic Science and Expert Testimony are doctored to improve accuracy claims. Criminal Justice System | Nature Research Intelligence
When police forensics tests proficiency, you can finagle the results to look more accurate. Fingerprint matching especially. https://www.nature.com/research-intelligence/forensic-science-and-expert-testimony-in-the-criminal-justice-system
Forensics: Misogynistic History in Forensic Science
‘The Secret History of the Rape Kit’ gives its female inventor credit at last https://www.npr.org/2025/01/16/nx-s1-5256205/rape-kit-history-marty-goddard-pagan-kennedy
Forensics: Aging spurts and delays in pre homo sapiens. Fossil teeth hint at a surprisingly early start to humans’ long childhoods
Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth. — Read on http://www.sciencenews.org/article/fossil-teeth-tooth-human-childhood
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Forensics: TOD research. Found dead in the snow − how microbes can help pinpoint time of death for forensic investigations in frigid conditions
An accurate estimate of when someone died is a critical part of forensic investigations. In extremely cold conditions, molecular biology can provide critical information where the naked eye cannot. — Read on http://www.yahoo.com/news/found-dead-snow-microbes-help-161031667.html
Forensics: Are police actual ‘drug experts’ ? It’s junk science.’ Michigan court case sets precedent for so-called drug ‘experts’
‘It’s junk science.’ Michigan court case sets precedent for so-called drug ‘experts’ – mlive.com — Read on http://www.mlive.com/news/2024/10/its-junk-science-michigan-court-case-sets-precedent-for-so-called-drug-experts.html
Forensics: Incompetent hair analysis led to 8 executions and hundreds of convictions. Virginia Crime Commission recommends deeper review of Mary Jane Burton’s work | VPM
A panel of experts could determine if “pattern of misconduct” occurred. — Read on http://www.vpm.org/news/2024-10-24/mary-jane-burton-admissible-scott-surovell-virginia-dna-testing
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