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Forensics: Law. Prison GEO corporation ($2.1B a year income) paying ICE detainees $1 a day want governmental-style immunity. Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case | Brennan Center for Justice
— Read on www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/supreme-court-considers-private-prison-case
Forensics: A man was wrongfully convicted — that’s why Texas paid $2.5M
Welcome to less than fair justice reform in TX.
Courts found the case against Allen Andre Causey was built on false testimony and suppressed evidence.
— Read on www.statesman.com/opinion/columns/your-voice/article/opinion-man-wrongfully-convicted-that-s-21250976.php
Forensics: Thoracic Multiple-Gunshot Suicide in a Homicide-Suicide Incident: An Unusual Case – PubMed
BACKGROUND Suicide involving multiple gunshot wounds is rare, representing a small subset of firearm-related suicides, and presents significant challenges in distinguishing it from homicide. This difficulty is amplified in homicide-suicide scenarios, where accurate classification has major medico-le …
— Read on pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41456086/
Posted in AAFS, Crime, Forensic Science
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Forensics: $$$. NY man whose conviction was tossed after decades in prison seeks $100M in new lawsuit p
Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez is suing the city and law enforcement officials who he says wrongfully arrested and prosecuted him.
— Read on gothamist.com/news/ny-man-whose-conviction-was-tossed-after-decades-in-prison-seeks-100m-in-new-lawsuit
Posted in DNA profiling, wrongful convictions
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Forensics: Parents can refuse an autopsy in the NL. Dutch forensic doctors miss fatal child abuse in up to 10 cases a year | NL Times
Dutch forensic doctors fail to detect fatal child abuse in an estimated five to 10 cases each year, sometimes issuing death certificates for natural causes even though children died from violence, according to the national Forensic Medical Research and Expertise Office, known as LOEF.
— Read on nltimes.nl/2025/12/27/dutch-forensic-doctors-miss-fatal-child-abuse-10-cases-year
Posted in AAFS, Crime, forensic pathology
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Forensics: Law. Dakota Omani journey honors women who witnessed the 1862 Dakota 38 hangings | MPR News
Dakota Omani, a journey from Morton to Mankato, honors the Dakota women who witnessed the 1862 Dakota 38 hangings. This year, the names of the 17 Dakota women were read aloud alongside the men’s names at Land of Memories Park.
— Read on www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/26/dakota-omani-journey-honors-women-who-witnessed-the-1862-dakota-38-hangings
Posted in Civil rights, costs of wrongful convictions
Tagged genocide, indigenous executions in US
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Forensics: More like murder than a civil revocation. Montana Revokes Dr. Thomas Weiner’s License, Citing Multiple Malpractice Cases — ProPublica
Oncologist Thomas C. Weiner will never practice medicine in Montana again after a decision by the state medical board. A 2024 ProPublica investigation detailed how Weiner had long been suspected of hurting patients.
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-oncologist-montana-license-revoked
Posted in Crime, human rights violations, Medical errors, Medicine
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Forensics: Chilling academic freedom. Instructor who gave failing essay grade no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
— Read on www.koco.com/article/samantha-fulnecky-professor-graduate-instructor-no-longer-at-ou-oklahoma/69841882
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Luigi Mangione’s Lawyers Allege Conflict of Interest for Bondi
The DOJ are legal chumps. Bondi once represented United Health Group. The conflict is crystal clear.
The accused killer’s legal team is arguing that a prior association drove Bondi to seek the death penalty for Mangione.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/luigi-mangiones-lawyers-allege-conflict-of-interest-for-bondi/
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