Forensics: Trump’s Lawyers Will Get Away with Facilitating His Anti-Democratic Antics and They Know It

Posted on December 12, 2020 by csidds

This is failure of legal discipline actions has been well researched in 2009 by the NorCal Innocence Project. Most ethics and moral turpitude complaints end up as “harmless error.” https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/harmless_error_new_study_claims_prosecutorial_misconduct_rampant

This law prof says much the same. Public shaming won’t cut it.

Austin Sarat—Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty and William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science at Amherst College—predicts that because the lawyer discipline process is broken, President Trump’s lawyers will get away with facilitating his anti-democratic misconduct. Professor Sarat notes that Lawyers Defending American Democracy (LDAD) released a letter calling on bar authorities to investigate and punish members of Trump’s post-election legal team, but he points out that while LDAD can shame those members, it still lacks the ability itself to discipline or disbar.
— Read on verdict.justia.com/2020/12/11/trumps-lawyers-will-get-away-with-facilitating-his-anti-democratic-antics-and-they-know-it

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Forensics: Infrared spectral analysis. Forensic Technique Quickly Tells Human Blood from Animal Blood

Posted on December 12, 2020 by csidds

290 samples tested. 1 error. Sound much better than the presumptive tests now in use. Or when no testing is done. It would prevent mistakes which have led to wrongful convictions. Like this one: https://www.thedailybeast.com/henry-lee-how-many-murder-cases-did-the-celebrity-forensic-scientist-botch

A quick and accurate way to distinguish human blood from animal blood can prove key in crash investigations.
Now a new technique can rapidly tell the difference between human blood and that of nearly a dozen animal species, all without needing to destroy the samples in question. Such research could one day help police confirm or deny the human origins of bloodstains found at possible crime scenes.
— Read on www.insidescience.org/news/new-forensic-technique-quickly-tells-human-blood-animal-blood

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‘Forensics: I am not afraid of the gas chamber’: Codebreakers solve old Zodiac Killer cipher

Posted on December 11, 2020 by csidds

Scientists rock!! Classic cold case in California.

FBI backs amateur sleuths who appear to have deciphered a chilling message from the infamous 1960s killer.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1250948

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Forensics: JUST RELEASED! Mississippi Innocence Project and Innocence Project Client Eddie Lee Howard’s Mississippi Capital Murder Conviction and Death Sentence Vacated

Posted on December 8, 2020 by csidds

Out of Parchman! Congrats to Eddie Lee and his indomitable first appellate attorney, Vanzetta Williams. My first bitemark appeal case from 1999. And kudos to the Innocence Project team.

Mississippi Innocence Project and Innocence Project Client Eddie Lee Howard’s Mississippi Capital Murder Conviction and Death Sentence Vacated
— Read on innocenceproject.org/mississippi-eddie-lee-howard-innocence-project-vacated-conviction/

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Forensics: Its not facial recognition. We scanned the DNA of 8,000 people to see how facial features are controlled by genes

Posted on December 8, 2020 by csidds

This is a legitimate first start. Many other loci yet to be studied. This has potential for studying genetic disorders. Phenotyping from DNA is still junk.

Like it or not, the facial feature most influenced by your genes is your nose. Researchers investigate which genes are involved in sculpting the face.
— Read on theconversation.com/we-scanned-the-dna-of-8-000-people-to-see-how-facial-features-are-controlled-by-genes-151539

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Forensics: Call for Bar Condemnation and Investigation of President Trump’s Campaign Lawyers for Subverting American Democracy

Posted on December 8, 2020 by csidds

A consortium of 1500 lawyers wrote this. Only abt 1M more to go. Lying for a client in court is illegal. Usually.
— Read on lawyersdefendingdemocracy.org/call-for-bar-condemnation-and-investigation-of-president-trumps-campaign-lawyers-for-subverting-american-democracy/

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Forensics: Gestapo-esque Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who built COVID-19 dashboard

Posted on December 7, 2020 by csidds

Florida’s loser governor ordered this.

“They pointed a gun in my face. They pointed guns at my kids,” Rebekah Jones tweeted.
— Read on amp.tallahassee.com/amp/6482817002

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Forensics: Giuliani lies claim win over Antrim judge’s order. But its related to pot proposal not the US election.

Posted on December 6, 2020 by csidds

News: Reports say Guliani now is hospitalised for covid.

Another lawyer’s trail of Trumper lies.

The lawsuit relates to a close result in a marijuana proposal in one Antrim County village, according to the judge’s order.
— Read on www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/05/giuliani-claims-win-antrim-judge-pot-proposal-order/3839075001/

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Forensics: The legal career of this KS prosecutor’s misconduct is an affront to the justice system

Posted on December 6, 2020 by csidds

Unfettered lying and ourtroom fabrication getting some long needed attention.

The misconduct of Kansas prosecutors like Jacqie Spradling undermines confidence in the justice system. Now, Spradling is finally fighting for her law license.
— Read on www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/melinda-henneberger/article247608975.html

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Forensics: US post-election cult followers

Posted on December 5, 2020 by csidds

No masks, spitting, and a total idiot being covered in the US news media. Trump uses this guy for fund raising. At this point, its $200M for Trump’s personal use. During the pandemic. Loser.

twitter.com/talbertswan/status/1335434480488747009

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