Police in NYC collect DNA from citizens, the ME runs the DNA lab. This battle is ongoing. Over 30K samples exist in their database.
An anonymous group of forensic scientists in the city Medical Examiner’s office fired off an email to the City Council in hope of curbing the NYPD’s practice of collecting DNA from people not charged with crimes.
— Read on www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-dna-scientists-nypd-collection-methods-20201012-zcdwnqxzjnat7h6vwws6rih5yi-story.html
A new twist in the US election system and its a crime. See how this turns out. Many states are involved in this GOP trickery.
Unofficial voter ballot drop boxes are appearing all over the state of California, and legal…
— Read on www.rawstory.com/2020/10/violation-of-state-law-legal-experts-blast-california-gops-fake-voter-ballot-dropoff-boxes/amp/
Our last large fatality incident in Santa Barbara used 100% DNA analyzed at a mobile onsite lab for IDs of over 30 burn victims. It is a new world for odonts. Cases w/out any leads still are mandated for dental IDs in California.
The skeletal remains of a man found in southeastern Kansas have been identified as a missing 19-year-old.
— Read on www.kten.com/story/42747123/kbi-identifies-remains-found-in-southeast-kansas-as-missing-19yearold-man
You gotta take a look at the Plantiffs esteemed experts. The first guy believes in herd immunity. The other says mask-wearing causes tooth decay. Fascinating stuff, these experts.
New experts named for lawsuit challenging school mask rules
— Read on www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/10/08/new-experts-named-for-lawsuit-challenging_ap.html
What a bag of hammers. “Tiger King” personality Bhagavan “Doc” Antle has been indicted in Virginia for allegedly trafficking lion cubs between Virginia and South Carolina.
— Read on www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-10-09/tiger-kings-doc-antle-indicted-for-allegedly-trafficking-lion-cubs-animal-cruelty
Trump has restricted the use of fetal tissue for research, but his COVID-19 treatment was tested using cells derived from a fetus aborted in 1972.
— Read on www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/anti-abortion-groups-say-they-stand-behind-trumps-use-of-a-drug-tested-on-cells-derived-from-an-aborted-fetus-because-the-president-was-not-involved-with-that-abortion/ar-BB19SkGB
Up to 28%. Ouch. That enters into the relam of less than scientifically reliable. Right? These seem to falsify what the US DOJ’s perpeual claims that they “never have had a mis-identification.”
Fingerprint error rate on close non‐matches – Koehler – – Journal of Forensic Sciences – Wiley Online Library
— Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1556-4029.14580
Editorial from The New England Journal of Medicine — Dying in a Leadership Vacuum
— Read on www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2029812
Good read from the ABA Journal
Apparently, prosecutors use it as an excuse when they lose a criminal case.
