Forensics: DC forensic lab under scrutiny after evidence errors discovered in murder cases

Cop forensics in DC having some problems again and again an………

Federal prosecutors in D.C. have opened a sweeping audit into the handling of ballistics evidence by the District’s forensic lab after the discovery of a…
— Read on wtop.com/dc/2020/11/dc-forensic-lab-under-scrutiny-after-evidence-errors-discovered-in-murder-cases/

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Forensics: Profiteering politician owns a plasma company run out of a condo.

Its a “luxury” condo though. Ex US senator says its all ok for the “better good.” For whom?

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-plasma-rick-santorum_n_5f9ec0dbc5b616c2f315c92d

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Forensics: @CSIDDS has 3,000 views for October 2020. 23,000 for the year. From around the world.

I thank you all. I really appreciate your interest and support.

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Forensics: US scientific failure. Dr. Tony Fauci comes clean on Trump’s pandemic response: America ‘could not possibly be positioned more poorly’

The nation’s leading infectious-disease expert gave a blunt assessment’s of President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 failures…
— Read on www.rawstory.com/2020/10/dr-tony-fauci-comes-clean-on-trumps-response-america-could-not-possibly-be-positioned-more-poorly/amp/

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Forensics: A Black Death mass grave at Thornton Abbey: the discovery and examination of a fourteenth-century rural catastrophe

Unfortunately, a contemporary issue we are experiencing via Covid.

A Black Death mass grave at Thornton Abbey: the discovery and examination of a fourteenth-century rural catastrophe – Volume 94 Issue 373
— Read on www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/black-death-mass-grave-at-thornton-abbey-the-discovery-and-examination-of-a-fourteenthcentury-rural-catastrophe/E0CC072A347CD3E91116DFB5133505F5/share/8f3d4b4a447ed6755d1d63a5b4359aead0957e62

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Forensics: Anti-science. Kushner Bragged That Trump Wrested Control Of COVID-19 Response From Doctors

Classic anti-science brag from a Flatearther. This is also a death-cult from the Dark Ages.

Kushner Bragged That Trump Wrested Control Of COVID-19 Response From Doctors: Report | HuffPost
— Read on m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5f99e07bc5b6aab57a0f09a8

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AAAS Fellow, Statistician Alicia Carriquiry Explains the Perils of Faulty Forensic Science Analysis | American Association for the Advancement of Science

Alicia is very polite. She is politely describing junk forensic sciences. Very politely. Did I mention polite?

AAAS Fellow, Statistician Alicia Carriquiry Explains the Perils of Faulty Forensic Science Analysis | American Association for the Advancement of Science
— Read on www.aaas.org/membership/member-spotlight/aaas-fellow-statistician-alicia-carriquiry-explains-perils-faulty

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Forensics: The psych dissonance of the bitemarkers of the #AAFS. Thanks to @maxmhouck

Ditto from me.

“We conclude by noting that the resistance to scientific challenge by the forensic odontologists in their editorial reflects the rear-guard defensiveness displayed by other forensic analysts and unprogressive prosecutors.”

“The illogical defense of bite mark analysis by forensic odontologists is explained in social psychological terms of organizational deviance, groupthink, cognitive dissonance, cognitive bias, and evolutionary theory of reasoning.”

http://www.albanylawreview.org/Articles/Vol83_3/83_3_Alb_L_Rev_0749_Zalman_Windell.pdf

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Forensics: Anthropology Expert witness: Murdered 4-year-old Cleveland boy had defensive injuries when his remains were found

Very sad case. They all are.

It was revealed in court Tuesday that a murdered 4-year-old Cleveland boy had broken bones consistent with defending himself when his remains were discovered.
— Read on www.cleveland19.com/2020/10/27/expert-witness-murdered-year-old-cleveland-boy-had-defensive-injuries-when-his-remains-were-found/

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Forensics: Neanderthal fathers were younger than Homo sapiens, but mothers were older, study says.

Sounds like Beverly Hills.

Neanderthal fathers were younger than Homo sapiens, but mothers were older, study says – CNN
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/04/27/world/neanderthal-parents-denisovan-iceland-genes-scn/index.html

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