Forensics: Incompetence or something else? DNA expert whose methods were flawed was paid $2.79M. Bermuda News

A discredited forensic scientist who analysed DNA evidence for the Crown in hundreds of criminal cases received almost $2.8 million of public funds, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The Bermuda Police Se…
— Read on www.royalgazette.com/crime/news/article/20251202/dna-expert-whose-methods-were-flawed-was-paid-2-79m/

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Forensics: Law. Racial Profiling. Tribal IDs Are Federally Recognized. ICE Agents Are Ignoring Them.

Opinion. During last year’s Idaho election, a Republican state senator lost his composure when a candidate forum turned to the topic of racism. Trish Carter-Goodheart, a Democratic candidate and citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe, spoke plainly: Racism a…
— Read on nativenewsonline.net/opinion/tribal-ids-are-federally-recognized-ice-agents-are-ignoring-them

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Forensics: Law. U.S. Attacked Boat Near Venezuela Multiple Times to Kill Survivors

American officials said the repeat drone strikes were carried out by Special Operations Command, and more attacks could come soon.
— Read on theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u-s-attacked-boat-near-venezuela-multiple-times-to-kill-survivors/

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Forensics: These are the Fortune 500 companies that have active contracts with ICE

From AT&T to FedEx, these are the organizations contracting with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
— Read on www.yahoo.com/news/fortune-500-companies-active-contracts-145028888.html

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Forensics: Law. Monopolies that control what you can and cannot see if the Internet. Apple and Google.

www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/app-store-oligopoly

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Forensics: Science. How 3M Execs Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe — ProPublica

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

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Forensic Scientist Sues Nassau County, Claims Firing Was Whistleblower Retaliation | Massapequa, NY Patch

The suit claims the former employee was fired after participating in an inspector general’s investigation into the county crime lab.
— Read on patch.com/new-york/massapequa/forensic-scientist-sues-nassau-county-claims-firing-was-whistleblower

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Forensics: Law. No exception for rape and incest. South Carolina lawmakers debate abortion bill that could imprison people who receive the procedure

South Carolina lawmakers are holding a hearing on a near-total abortion ban that removes exceptions and could send pregnant people who receive an abortion to prison.
— Read on abcnews.go.com/Health/south-carolina-lawmakers-debate-abortion-bill-imprison-people/story

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Jimmie “Chris” Duncan is Released After 27 Years on Louisiana’s Death Row  – Innocence Project

Mr. Duncan was wrongfully convicted of a crime that never occurred based on now discredited bite mark and forensic pathology testimony from notorious “experts” Michael West and Steven Hayne.
— Read on innocenceproject.org/news/jimmie-chris-duncan-is-released-after-27-years-on-louisianas-death-row/

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Forensics: Law. DA says human error. Now under state Supreme Court review. California prosecutors’ office used AI to file inaccurate motion in criminal case | California

Filing contained errors known as ‘hallucinations’, with attorneys arguing prosecutors’ office used AI in other cases
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/26/prosecutor-ai-inaccurate-motion

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