Category Archives: human rights violations

Forensics: Searching for descendants. Tulsa Race Massacre investigators have sequenced DNA from 6 possible victims

The work is part of a years-long effort to get an accurate count of how many people were killed when a white mob decimated the city’s prosperous Greenwood enclave, leaving upward of 300 people dead. — Read on http://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169464890/tulsa-race-massacre-dna-sequencing-mass-graves

Posted in AAFS, criminal justice, DNA profiling, Forensic Science, human identification, human rights violations | Leave a comment

Forensics: Florida bill to criminalize filming police actions is yet another anti-Black move

This proposal would make already tense situations worse and allow police to abuse their authority, Francesca Menes writes. — Read on news.yahoo.com/florida-bill-criminalize-filming-police-223303803.html

Posted in AAFS, criminal justice reform, human rights violations | Leave a comment

Forensics: Investigation identifies soldier, “Kadyrov’s nephew”, who shot forensic expert in Izium

Investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have identified a Russian soldier suspected of killing forensic expert Fedir Zdebskyi in occupied Izium in May 2022. Source: Text of notice of suspicion, Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office Details: According to the … Continue reading

Posted in AAFS, Crime, genocide, human rights violations | Leave a comment

The Lead Forensic Investigator for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre at MTSU

(MURFREESBORO) The lead investigator for one of the most infamous — and hidden — race-motivated crimes in American history will discuss her forensic work on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in a free lecture planned for Thursday, March 30, at Middle … Continue reading

Posted in AAFS, Crime, criminal justice, DNA profiling, Forensic Science, human identification, human rights violations | Tagged | Leave a comment

Junk Forensics: What If the Worst Crime Imaginable Never Happened? | The New Republic

Fabricated bitemark evidence sent him to death row. Another victim of the notorious Michael West. Jimmie Duncan is on death row in Louisiana based on fraudulent science—but that might not matter if the state’s governorship flips this fall. — Read … Continue reading

Posted in AAFS, ABFO, Bad Forensic Science, Bite Marks, Bitemarks, costs of wrongful convictions, Crime lab scandal, Dr. Michael West, forensic fraud, forensic science misconduct, human rights violations | Leave a comment

Forensics: Museums still resist this process. Cornell University anthropology dept. returns Native Ancestors, Feb. 21, 60 years after they were dug out of ground

Cornell University anthropology dept. returns Native Ancestors, Feb. 21, 60 years after they were dug out of ground | Navajo-Hopi Observer | Navajo & Hopi Nations, AZ — Read on http://www.nhonews.com/news/2023/mar/14/cornell-university-anthropology-dept-returns-nativ/

Posted in AAFS, Crime, human identification, human rights violations, junk forensic science, missing persons | Leave a comment

Forensics: More on Native remains repatriation. UC Berkeley Professor Taught with Suspected Native American Remains

Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. — Read on http://www.propublica.org/article/berkeley-professor-taught-suspected-native-american-remains-repatriation

Posted in AAFS, Bad Forensic Science, Civil rights, criminal justice reform, Forensic Science Bias, Forensic science misconduct, genocide, human identification, human rights violations | Leave a comment

Forensics: Indigenous remains repatriation. ‘You’re not alone’: Guatemalan anthropologist offers support for unmarked graves searches | CBC News

One of Guatemala’s foremost experts in forensic anthropology is offering his support for Indigenous communities investigating unmarked burials linked to residential schools in Canada. — Read on http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/fafg-peccerelli-guatemala-unmarked-graves-1.6765949

Posted in AAFS, Civil rights, criminal justice reform, Forensic Science, genocide, Holocaust, human identification, human rights violations | Leave a comment

Forensics: Biometric theft. White Castle faces up to $17B fine over worker fingerprints

White Castle faces up to $17B fine over worker fingerprints • The Register — Read on http://www.theregister.com/2023/02/18/white_castle_fingerprints_fine/

Posted in AAFS, Crime, human identification, human rights violations | Leave a comment

Forensics: Emmett Till relative sues Sheriff over unserved subpoena against woman who instigated murder in 1955

http://www.huffpost.com/entry/emmett-till-white-woman-lawsuit_n_63e73772e4b0063ccb267031

Posted in AAFS, Crime, criminal justice, human rights violations, prosecutorial misconduct | Leave a comment