Forensics: Despite USDOJ claim of ballistics “quasi-science,”Auditor to review DC ballistic crime lab’s compliance with 2011 law creating independent forensic agency

Posted on August 11, 2021 by csidds

The troubled D.C. crime lab is getting another probing: This time by the Office of the D.C. Auditor.
— Read on wtop.com/dc/2021/08/auditor-to-review-dc-crime-labs-compliance-with-2011-law-creating-independent-forensic-agency/

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Forensics: Unknown DOJ Prosecutor writes policy statement ignoring scientific commissions’ years of critical review.

Posted on August 11, 2021 by csidds

Another hit piece by government lawyers claiming scientific scrutiny of police science is unscientific. Weird.

Democracy Forward and the Union of Concerned Scientists say the Trump-era statement is biased, inaccurate, and runs afoul of federal law.
— Read on theintercept.com/2021/08/08/forensic-science-reform-justice-department/

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Forensics: Opinion | Why we can’t trust the states to prevent wrongful convictions – The Washington Post

Posted on August 10, 2021 by csidds

Reformist prosecutors are showing how the system’s preference for “finality” thwarts the interests of justice.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/09/why-we-cant-trust-states-prevent-wrongful-convictions/

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Forensics: US Courts and Prosecutors recent history of resisting forensic reforms.

Posted on August 9, 2021 by csidds

www.law360.com/articles/1261492/why-courts-still-lag-behind-on-forensic-science

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Forensics: Junk science gets support from DOJ Statement Pushing Dubious Forensic Science Is Challenged by Advocates

Posted on August 8, 2021 by csidds

Democracy Forward and the Union of Concerned Scientists say the Trump-era statement is biased, inaccurate, and runs afoul of federal law.
— Read on theintercept.com/2021/08/08/forensic-science-reform-justice-department/

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Forensics: Dubious Death of Texas Man at Cancun Resort Ruled an Accident But Family Says Post-Mortem Photos Raise More Questions

Posted on August 7, 2021 by csidds

Just hours after Elijah Snow and his wife Jamie arrived at Royalton Chic Suites, where they planned to celebrate 10 years of marriage, Elijah’s body was discovered wedged inside a tiny window at a nearby resort.
— Read on www.insideedition.com/death-of-texas-man-at-cancun-resort-ruled-an-accident-but-family-says-post-mortem-photos-raise-more

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Study finds more active-duty police officers died of COVID-19 in 2020 than all other causes combined

Posted on August 7, 2021 by csidds

Study finds more active-duty police officers died of COVID-19 in 2020 than all other causes combined
— Read on phys.org/news/2021-02-active-duty-police-officers-died-covid-.amp

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Forensics: Wiley Publishing Ignoring Chinese authored racial profiling. Journal Board Members Resign After Controversial Papers

Posted on August 5, 2021 by csidds

“This situation is creating a shameful embarrassment that reflects poorly on all medical genetics journals and on the entire medical genetics community,” a critic of the studies wrote.
— Read on theintercept.com/2021/08/04/dna-profiling-forensic-genetics-journal-resignations-china/

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Forensics: Coroner in Missouri county keeps COVID off of death certificates

Posted on August 4, 2021 by csidds

Now that’s a crime.

Macon County Coroner Brian Hayes acknowledges that he has omitted COVID from death certificates at the request of some families, a practice that others in his field call ethically questionable.
— Read on amp.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article253147128.html

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Forensics: Non-science believers’ ‘religious’ politicians. Florida Covid-19: RNC official spreads conspiracies, calling vaccines the ‘mark of the beast’

Posted on August 3, 2021 by csidds

Florida Covid-19: RNC official spreads conspiracies, calling vaccines the ‘mark of the beast’ – CNNPolitics
— Read on amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/02/politics/kfile-rnc-peter-feaman-covid-19-vaccine/index.html

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