Here is poor choice of behavior for someone named Tranquill. 😜
Judge Tranquilli resigns ahead of misconduct trial | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
— Read on www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2020/11/17/pittsburgh-judge-mark-tranquilli-misconduct-trial-racist-statements/stories/202011170131
A small study.
Covid immunity
All from one forensic lab analyst.
The Suffolk County district attorney said she was seeking to remove the “huge stain on the legal system” left by Annie Dookhan, who pleaded guilty in 2013 to tampering with evidence.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/annie-dookhan-massachusetts-convictions.html
Life Without Parole, Duke, Wilson Center, Brandon L. Garrett
— Read on www.ncpolicywatch.com/2020/11/16/duke-university-law-professor-brandon-garrett-2/
Another example of how immigrants and green card essential workers are being abandoned during the pandemic. Viva la Raza!
When COVID-19 hit the U.S., a nonprofit that serves Indigenous Mexican migrant communities in California saw that most public health information was available…
— Read on www.lx.com/social-justice/lx-natl-this-radio-station-became-a-lifeline-for-indigenous-farmworkers-during-covid-19/24550/
He’s one of the good guys of the ABFO. Go Ernie!!
There are only 81 Certified Forensic Odontologists in the world. Part of their job is to help investigators identify human remains using the deceased’s teeth and dental records.
— Read on www.radio.com/kmox/news/local/a-look-into-forensic-odontology
Ive used a cardbox box sealed with crime scene tape. Fit in the overhead nicely.
Dame Professor Sue Black brought the grim packages from Verona to Glasgow
after being asked to help Italian colleagues investigating a serial killer
.
— Read on www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/forensic-expert-carried-human-heads-23018386
These facts brought us the polticized, misunderstood, and ineptly misapplied media phrase “defund the police.”
An analysis by The New York Times found that the N.Y.P.D. has reduced or rejected recommendations for stiff discipline of officers in about 71 percent of 6,900 serious misconduct charges.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/11/15/nyregion/ccrb-nyc-police-misconduct.html
A police officer at the lab says all is OK. His credibility is not the best. What’s a cop running an internal audit? Its because the cops run the show. Their history of interference in forensic casework is notorious.
An employee of the Fort Worth Crime Laboratory filed a whistleblower complaint in July that details years of policy violations and testing backlogs at the lab.
— Read on www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article246400650.html
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