Forensixs: Alan Braid, Texas abortion doctor, sued by a felon in Arkansas over ban

Alan Braid admitted to performing an abortion that is illegal under new Texas law.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/texas-abortion-doctor-sued/2021/09/20/f5ab5c56-1a1c-11ec-bcb8-0cb135811007_story.html

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Forensics: Moral turpitude violations. Waving Assault Rifles At People Isn’t Good For Your Law License – Above the Law

Waving Assault Rifles At People Isn’t Good For Your Law License – Above the Law
— Read on abovethelaw.com/2021/09/waving-assault-rifles-at-people-isnt-good-for-your-law-license/amp/

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Forensics: Speculation abounds. How Did Van-Life Blogger Gabby Petito Die? The Cause May Not Be So Easy to Determine

She was last heard from in late August, weeks before human remains were found in the wild.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-van-life-blogger-gabby-petito-die-the-cause-may-not-be-so-easy-to-determine

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Forensics: Doctor Who Said Masks Cause Carbon Dioxide Poisoning Has License Revoked

Steven Arthur LaTulippe, a doctor in Oregon, was also filmed boasting about flouting mask guidelines during a speech to a “Stop the Steal” rally.
— Read on www.newsweek.com/oregon-doctor-license-revoked-mask-covid-steven-arthur-latulippe-1630195

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Forensics: California demographic of political affiliation and covid hot-spots.

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Forensics: Rapper’s tweet shares unfounded claims about vaccine side effects to 22.4M followers

Somebody is hiding a STI.

CLAIM: COVID-19 vaccines cause impotency and swollen testicles. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Experts say that there is no scientific support for the claim that coronavirus vaccines result in those side effects.
— Read on apnews.com/article/fact-checking-761312111015

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Forensics: Bad faith responses by forensic path org to new study on their members’ decision- making decisions. Authors’ Response to Gill et al Response

Now is huge. The paper by Dror et al that started this tempest is available within this post. Its all about cognitive biases in forensics. Please read it. BTW Gill is the president of the National Association of Medical Examiners, whose members composed the majority of the cohort studied in the research. NAME also endorses the use of bitemark experts of the ABFO. From the events described herein, those 2 orgs have alot in common.

Authors’ Response to Gill et al Response
— Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1556-4029.14846

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Forensics: Fingerprint error rate on close non‐matches

Bursting a major fingerprint fallacy of infallibility. Fingerprint error rates.
— Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1556-4029.14580

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“Forensics: Human experimentation. They said they were vitamins”: Inmates in Arkansas jail say they were unknowingly given ivermectin to treat COVID-19 – CBS News

“They used us as an experiment,” one inmate told CBS News. “Just because we wear stripes and we make a few mistakes in life, doesn’t make us less of a human.”
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-ivermetin-arkansas-jail-inmates-vitamins/

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Forensics: COVID patient Pete Lopez dies amid family’s ivermectin battle against Texas hospital.

Court ordered ivermectin.

COVID patient Pete Lopez dies amid family’s ivermectin battle against Texas hospital, Memorial Hermann | abc7chicago.com
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/abc7chicago.com/amp/ivermectin-covid-peter-lopez-death/11004989/

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