Forensics: 36 bitemarks convictions. 400 years in prison. All innocent. #AAFS2022

innocenceproject.org/charles-mccrory-innocent-incarcerated-35-years-in-alabama/

The judge’s 2021 refusal to deem McCrory innocent is abysmally unjust.

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Forensics: SF Public Defender Calls for the Immediate Destruction and Independent Investigation of Illegal DNA Database

Unconsented use, not monitored, nor regulated by any public standards.

By Vanguard Staff San Francisco, CA – This week it came to light that the San Francisco Police Crime Lab has been using an illegally created
— Read on www.davisvanguard.org/2022/02/sf-public-defender-calls-for-the-immediate-destruction-and-independent-investigation-of-illegal-dna-database/

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Forensics: Oklahoma County Becomes Nation’s Third Most Prolific County Executioner. Intellectually Teen Offender to Put to Death

The intellectually impaired man who was 18 years old at the time of his offense became the 44 th person prosecuted in Oklahoma County to be put to death…
— Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/oklahoma-county-becomes-nations-third-most-prolific-county-executioner-as-state-puts-intellectually-impaired-teen-offender-to-death

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Forensics: Meet the Miami-Dade cold case unit that solved 16 open cases in 2021

There are thousands of unsolved cases at the Miami-Dade Police Department. Detectives David Denmark and Johnathan Grossman dig for clues, reinvestigating decades-old cases.
— Read on www.local10.com/news/local/2022/02/19/meet-the-miami-dade-cold-case-unit-that-solved-16-open-cases-in-2021/

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Forensics: 1940’s case. Lakehead University’s Paleo-DNA lab helped identify two children murdered in Vancouver

It took almost seven decades to identify brothers aged six and seven.
— Read on www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/lakehead-universitys-paleo-dna-lab-helped-identify-two-children-murdered-in-vancouver-2-photos-5072481

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Forensics: Former Florida deputy, preacher linked to 1983 cold case murder; there may be more victims

St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara announced Thursday his agency’s cold case squad found evidence that former deputy James Harrison raped and murdered an 11-year-old girl.
— Read on www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/02/17/former-florida-deputy-preacher-linked-to-1983-cold-case-murder-may-be-more-victims/

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Forensics: DNA Identification: California sailor killed at Pearl Harbor finally identified

California sailor killed at Pearl Harbor finally identified
— Read on www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/14/san-diego-sailor-killed-at-pearl-harbor-finally-identified/

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Forensics: Neolithic fisherman who died 5,000 years ago ‘drowned in saltwater’, forensic test revealed.

Researchers from Southampton University in England used a modern forensics technique, used to determine the cause of death, on the ancient remains.
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10519671/Neolithic-fisherman-died-5-000-years-ago-drowned-saltwater-forensic-test-revealed.html

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Forensics: Univ. of Washington DNA testing shows links between criminal elephant ivory traffickers

Since 2004, scientists at the University of Washington have used DNA to help uncover criminal networks behind the trafficking of elephant ivory.
— Read on www.geekwire.com/2022/univ-of-washington-dna-testing-shows-links-between-criminal-elephant-ivory-traffickers/

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Forensics: “Shaken baby syndrome is ok.” Judge denies appeal for death row inmate in Anderson County

Roberson’s lawyers also made claims that false testimony was made during the 2003 trial; however, Evans denied these assertions in her review.
— Read on www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/judge-denies-recommending-east-texas-death-row-inmates-appeal-exoneration-new-trial/501-39bfdd8e-b687-4065-9b34-25b60c320e6c

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