This dude switched to defense cases. Just got license suspended for 2 years
murder indictment dismissed Kurtzrock | Newsday
— Read on www.newsday.com/amp/long-island/crime/murder-indictment-dismissed-kurtzrock-1.15534445
Beginning to see this in an anti-vax and anti-mask area in NY. Bastards.
The life-saving polio vaccine was just as precious then as a coronavirus vaccine will be when it is approved for use in the coming months.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/11/14/polio-vaccine-stolen-coronavirus/
Common sense.
Getting coughed on has never been a pleasant experience, but 2020 has made it a whole new level of nope.
— Read on www.sciencealert.com/gross-droplet-test-shows-masks-are-highly-effective-at-limiting-your-spit-flying-everywhere
Decertification by the AAFS/FSAB would help. This is an incredible failure of supposed forensic science “leadership.” Plus the bitemarkers are still promoted by the National Association of Medical Examiners. WTF?
At least 27 people were exonerated after faulty bitemark matching put them behind bars — but not before they lost a combined total of 450 years of their lives.
— Read on www.legalexaminer.com/legal/most-agree-bitemark-matching-is-junk-science-why-is-it-still-in-courts/
Cops getting $ without cause. It began at the outset of the “war on drugs” in the 1980s. Has been found to be ineffective in preventing drug trafficking. It still remains in certain states and has become entwined with police taking seized properties before any legal proceedings.
Alabama police and prosecutors stick to the talking points when defending civil forfeiture, a law enforcement maneuver that allows the government to seize and keep property without worrying about the rights of citizens.
— Read on www.montgomeryindependent.com/content/tncms/live/
Anthros and bio-arch folks in my timeline think “not yet,” “premature” and “unconfirmed.”
Seasonal damage in bone fossils in Spain suggest Neanderthals and their predecessors followed the same strategy as cave bears
— Read on www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/20/early-humans-may-have-survived-the-harsh-winters-by-hibernating
This PSA contains a link to the single case report originally published by ELSEVIER. Then retracted by the journal’s editor after some legal pushback by HL. The bitemarkers have used similar threats.
PubPeer report: “REMOVED: Slimming to the Death: Herbalife®-Associated Fatal Acute Liver Failure—Heavy Metals, Toxic Compounds, Bacterial Contaminants and Psychotropic Agents in Products Sold in India (2019)”
— Read on pubpeer.com/publications/FC6AE826335FAD79D7CF89B4522229
Read the entire article. Explanations on herd immunity imbeciles in the US.
At times throughout the spring, summer, and fall, Republicans pushed the idea that the only way to fight COVID-19 was to surrender. That is, to just let it infect Americans until the nation achieved “herd immunity.” The problems with this approach…
— Read on m.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12/16/2002382/–We-want-them-infected-Top-HHS-adviser-schemed-to-spread-COVID-19-across-America
A story told from a juror’s perspective. How police experts doctor their error rates in “proficiency” tests. Ballistics and fingerprints linked to misleading testimony as revealed by Itiel Dror at UCL. Bitemarkers did similar.
Don’t believe forensic examiners’ claims about their accuracy.
— Read on slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/forensic-science-accuracy-firearm-fingerprint-comparisons.html
Joseph Tremaine Hicks, his lawyer said, “is going to be returned to something that he should have had on Nov. 27, 2001, when police encountered him, but he didn’t: the presumption of innocence.”
— Read on www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-wrongful-conviction-exoneration-police-misconduct-tremaine-hicks-20201216.html
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