Forensics: Law. ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows

More than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested by ICE officers in the first nine months of the Trump administration had no criminal histories.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-arrested-nearly-75000-people-no-criminal-records-data-shows-rcna247377

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Forensics: No rockets used in this action. Boat ready for auction. Three charged after 3,715-pound cocaine bust off Miami Beach

Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
— Read on www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article313449404.html

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Forensics: Science publishers earn millions in profits. I need a raise.

x.com/retractionwatch/status/1997365724604428788

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Forensics: Law. Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics

The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east of Venezuela – the admiral who oversaw the operation told lawmakers on Thursday according to two sources with direct knowledge of his remarks.
— Read on edition.cnn.com/2025/12/05/politics/suriname-boat-strike-bradley

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Forensics: Law. Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job

Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
— Read on www.ms.now/news/minneapolis-police-chief-unlawful-force-ice-jobs

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Forensics: White House wants us to submit reports on biased media content.

I’d start with Fox News.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/

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Forensics: Good example of cross examination of an expert. Mostly irrelevant but lawyers will be lawyers. Tommy Zeigler: Experts give conflicting testimony in hearing

Tommy Zeigler was in court for a scheduled week-long evidentiary hearing to determine if his murder convictions from half a century ago are tossed out.
— Read on www.wesh.com/article/conflicting-forensic-testimony-tommy-zeigler-hearing/69624527

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Forensics: Sketchy ME testimony and DA tactics. Flint dad exonerated in daughter’s death sues hospital and police (scroll through to view article)

An exonerated Flint man says the police, doctors, and medical examiners forged reports to frame him for his infant daughter’s death.
— Read on eu.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/12/01/michael-griffin-daughter-death-lawsuit-hospital/87324126007/

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Forensics: Junk Science to blame. After FBI Issued Flawed Forensic Report, Police ID Original Suspect in 1974 Murder

After FBI Issued Flawed Forensic Report, Police ID Original Suspect in 1974 Murder
— Read on www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-News/623038-After-FBI-Issued-Flawed-Forensic-Report-Police-ID-Original-Suspect-in-1974-Murder/

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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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