Category Archives: human rights violations

Forensics: Operation “DataBack” project wants to centralize Native DNA for missing persons investigations.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/18/forensic-dna-breaks-new-ground-for-mmip-cold-cases

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Forensics: High murder rates, cheating cops, and reluctant judges lead to bad results. DAs guard against new evidence “like Spartans defending Thermopylae.”

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Forensics: Local judge goes after ICE for violating man’s right to due process during court proceedings.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-judge-ice-contempt-case/64343137

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Forensics: its faster to use a judge to gain innocence rather than use a DA conviction integrity unit. DAs tout how good they are. They are not.

https://nysfocus.com/2025/03/06/wrongful-conviction-district-attorney-new-york-exoneration

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Indigenous families experience homicides TEN TIMES HiGHER than the general population.

https://www.threads.net/@kelseycombe/post/DGs2_LkOyzr?xmt=AQGzF2U0ovQ3PLh4OAPaGsT8u9bmcccTat_6ZbtsQ7ZHBQ

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Forensics: MS cops’ history of planting evidence and illegal searches. Plus torture.

https://www.wlbt.com/2025/02/21/former-mississippi-sheriffs-deputy-describes-rampant-violence-by-goon-squad/

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Forensics: Police crime labs in CO will be forced to report errors in analyses to prevent coverups.

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Forensics: The long road for exonorees demanding compensation for years in prison. Oregon AG denies 40 innocence claims.

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/02/18/oregon-wrongful-convictions-bipartisan-bill-exonerated-exoneree-crime-justice/

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Forensics: 🧪 Police misconduct settlements reaches $107.5M in 2024. Taxpayers on the hook for it.

https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_94595428-eb22-11ef-8a89-d388139ed6ad.html

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Forensics: Measles Outbreak in Texas

You won’t hear this on Fox News. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF3BDExx7G7/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

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