Category Archives: US Crime labs

Forensics: Why Law Enforcement hates outside oversight of its forensic services. Error rates and unqualified examiners.

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Forensics: Toolmark “matching to the exclusion of all other tools” takes a hike. DA files motion to dismiss murder charges in 1991 pipe bombings

The Mesa County district attorney is moving to dismiss murder charges against the man who was convicted of killing two people in a series of 1991 Grand Junction pipe bombings rather than go to a retrial. — Read on http://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/mesa-county-da-files-motion-to-dismiss-murder-charges-against-man-convicted-in-1991-pipe-bombings

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Forensics: Security. How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Phone at the Airport

If you’re traveling through an airport, follow these digital security practices to keep CBP or ICE from getting into your phone. — Read on theintercept.com/2026/03/25/ice-airports-phone-security-privacy-safety/

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Forensics: Tattoo and DNA. Investigators close in on Guthrie suspect

Investigators close in on Guthrie suspect — Read on http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/investigators-close-in-on-guthrie-suspect/gm-GMFE54C8F6

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Forensics: Crime scene blood stains can be damning—even after cleaning

Cleaning blood from a violent crime scene can complicate crime scene investigations, particularly when accurate evidence is required for a conviction in court. A new study led by Flinders University, published in the Australian … — Read on phys.org/news/2026-02-crime-scene-blood-damning.html

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Forensics: Incarceration. ICE Detention Centers Face Huge Backlash—Before They’ve Even Been Built

Turns out ICE has bad PR. — Read on http://www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-detention-centers-face-huge-backlash-before-even-built

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Forensics: “Haven of fraud.” Bondi and Blanche take credit for ongoing case with local agencies.

Office of Public Affairs | Fraud Tourists Plead Guilty to Minneapolis Medicaid Fraud | United States Department of Justice — Read on http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fraud-tourists-plead-guilty-minneapolis-medicaid-fraud

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Forensics: Minnesota ICE operations cost $70K per detainee?

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Forensics: $11M spent to correct. Former Colorado crime lab scientist pleads not guilty to mishandling evidence.

Prosecutors filed 102 charges against former analyst Yvonne Woods after an internal investigation uncovered irregularities that called into question a decade’s worth of test results. — Read on http://www.courthousenews.com/former-colorado-crime-lab-scientist-pleads-not-guilty-to-mishandling-evidence/

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Forensics: Hanky Panky in the Crime Lab. Misconduct alleged at Niagara County Forensics Lab

Buffalo & WNY Investigative Reporting Center — Read on http://www.investigativepost.org/2026/01/22/lawsuit-surfaces-misconduct-allegations-at-crime-lab/

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