Peter Sullivan served 38 years in jail after he was wrongly convicted of Diane Sindall’s 1986 murder.
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Forensics: British wrongful conviction. How close are police to finding Diane Sindall’s real killer? BBC
Forensics: Trump decimates health care education in 2026 proposed budget. Anti health education trend continues.
Nursing Shortage Risk: Cuts to these programs could worsen the nursing workforce shortage by limiting educational pathways (like loan forgiveness, faculty development, and diversity initiatives). Research Impact: Eliminating NINR could slow down nursing research, which has implications for patient care innovation and evidence-based practice.
Equity Concerns: Programs like the Nursing Workforce Diversity Program help bring underrepresented students into nursing — cutting them could reduce diversity in the profession.
Long-Term Healthcare: Less investment in education now could weaken the future nursing workforce, which impacts healthcare quality and access.
Forensics: Remembering Dr. Edward Blake, Pioneer Scientist Who Rewrote Boundaries of Justice – Innocence Project
A tribute to the pioneer whose science reshaped the courts and restored freedom to the wrongly convicted.
— Read on innocenceproject.org/news/remembering-dr-edward-blake-pioneer-scientist-who-rewrote-boundaries-of-justice/
Forensics: Pure extortion. Kennedy’s junk science puts Tylenol — and Trump — on Trial
Extreme claims about Tylenol are making their way into courtrooms across America.
— Read on thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5602170-kennedys-junk-science-puts-tylenol-and-trump-on-trial/
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Forensics: Horrific. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content – Oklahoma Watch
Utter BS . Another DOGE~like move to “save” women from “gender extremism.” This is gibberish and cripples what little publicity about the ongoing tragedy of missing indigenous women in the US. #MMIW
What Happened
Task Force Creation
Trump signed an executive order (EO 13898) in 2019 establishing the Operation Lady Justice Task Force to address missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives.
This task force was supposed to improve data-sharing, law enforcement protocols, and coordination.
Later, the Interior Dept. under Trump set up cold-case offices specifically for missing/murdered Native Americans.
Report Removal
There was a “Not One More” report (mandated by the Not Invisible Act, which Trump signed) dealing with missing and murdered Indigenous people.
According to recent reporting, that report was removed from the DOJ website.
The DOJ said in a statement that the removal was to “ensure compliance” with a Trump executive order related to “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism.”
Some senators who had supported the Not Invisible Act are upset, saying this undercuts transparency.
Data Still Exists
The FBI still publishes data on missing American Indian / Alaska Native persons. For example, there is a 2023 report with thousands of entries.
That means the data system (e.g., the NCIC missing persons file) hasn’t been fully eliminated for Indigenous people.
Interpretation / Implications
The removal seems more about a report (analysis + recommendations) rather than deleting all the raw data of missing Native individuals.
Critics argue that removing the report reduces visibility of the crisis and undermines efforts to understand and address it.
Supporters might say Trump actually took some positive steps (task force, cold-case offices) to address the problem.
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content – Oklahoma Watch
— Read on oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/trump-administration-removes-report-on-missing-and-murdered-native-americans-calling-it-dei-content/
Forensics: Speaker Mike Johnson’s Louisiana distict has a much worse murder rate but Chicago is the target. Northern District of Illinois | U.S. Attorney’s Office and Other DOJ Components Provide Update on Increased Federal Prosecutions and Ongoing Strategies to Combat Violent Crime in Chicago
Northern District of Illinois | U.S. Attorney’s Office and Other DOJ Components Provide Update on Increased Federal Prosecutions and Ongoing Strategies to Combat Violent Crime in Chicago | United States Department of Justice
— Read on www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/us-attorneys-office-and-other-doj-components-provide-update-increased-federal
Forensics: Federal judges under attack. US Justice Department targets judicial ‘obstacles’ in immigration, antifa cases, email shows | Reuters
The U.S. Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to provide examples of “unusual judicial system obstacles” they have faced during criminal or civil proceedings tied to immigration, assaults on law enforcement or “antifa,” according to a government email reviewed by Reuters.
— Read on www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-justice-department-targets-judicial-obstacles-immigration-antifa-cases-email-2025-11-14/
Forensics: Cops hid DNA evidence. Tulsa to pay man wrongfully convicted of rape in 1991 $26.5 million
The Tulsa City Council on Wednesday approved paying $26.25 million to a man who spent more than two decades in prison for a rape he did not commit.
— Read on www.oklahoman.com/story/news/courts/2025/11/13/tulsa-ok-paying-26-million-william-henry-jamerson-wrongful-conviction-rape/87251052007/
Forensics: Right to Counsel. Judge tosses criminal case over funding shortfall tied to US government shutdown
A California federal judge has dismissed a criminal case after finding that the defendant’s constitutional right to counsel was violated by a funding shortfall that left private attorneys who serve as court-appointed defense lawyers unpaid since July.
— Read on www.reuters.com/legal/government/judge-tosses-criminal-case-over-funding-shortfall-tied-us-government-shutdown-2025-11-13/
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Forensics: Judge Failed to Disclose Personal Ties to Prosecutor in Two Death Row Cases
Veteran prosecutor Fern Smith convicted both Tremane Wood and Richard Glossip. She calls a judge in both cases a friend.
— Read on theintercept.com/2025/11/12/richard-glossip-tremane-wood-susan-stallings-judge-recusal/
New: OK governor commuted Tremane Wood hours before planned execution.
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