Forensics: Why is the bitemarker ABFO group still certified by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences? Op-Ed by Max Houck

This group continues to promote its misinformation while ignoring its scientific failures. Their presence in any judicial proceedings needs to be revoked. Those profiting from their masquerading as forensic experts should be sanctioned. Its time for the American Academy of Forensic Sciences to live up to its own standards and end their accreditation as a forensic discipline.

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Forensics: Washington Launches Cold Case Unit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

Washington Launches Cold Case Unit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People | The Daily Chronicle
— Read on www.chronline.com/stories/washington-launches-cold-case-unit-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people,317806

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Forenscis: Kudos to #NamUS and RTI for Genetic Geneaology on this case. Human remains discovered in 1990 finally identified

Human remains discovered in 1990 finally identified | The Ely Times
— Read on elynews.com/2023/04/19/human-remains-discovered-in-1990-finally-identified/

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Forensics: Nazi-era Credit-Suisse bank accounts revealed still active in 2020.

Chairman Press | Chairman’s Newsroom | Chairman | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
— Read on www.budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsroom/press/credit-suisse-maintained-nazi-linked-accounts-into-21st-century-subpoenaed-records-show

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Forensics: Good for him. UC Irvine’s Leo Chavez elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences | UCI News | UCI

Renowned anthropologist studies international migration, particularly among Latinos
— Read on news.uci.edu/2023/04/19/uc-irvines-leo-chavez-elected-to-membership-in-the-american-academy-of-arts-sciences/

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Forensics: DA says “righteous conviction” to deny access. The Supreme Court Allows Rodney Reed to Fight for DNA Testing

Texas has gone to great lengths to prevent DNA testing of crime scene evidence that Reed says could exonerate him.
— Read on theintercept.com/2023/04/19/supreme-court-dna-testing-rodney-reed/

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Forensics: Unethical lawyers lose out. Federal Appeals Court rules wrongfully imprisoned NC brothers don’t owe former law firm

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling favoring two wrongfully imprisoned N.C. brothers against their former law firm. The firm had sued the brothers to recover unpaid legal fees and expenses.
— Read on www.carolinajournal.com/federal-appeals-court-rules-wrongfully-imprisoned-nc-brothers-dont-owe-former-law-firm/

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Forensics: More on abysmal medical incompetence in prisons. Illinois prisoners endangered by lack of medical staff

An independent monitor reported problems are largely related to major staffing shortages, with 46% of medical positions left unfilled.
— Read on www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-prisoners-endangered-by-lack-of-medical-staff/f2940a7b-59ec-44e0-a238-ec7ede5948fd

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Forensics: Medical horror story. Giving Birth in Jail Often Comes With Medical Neglect, Texas Jail Project Finds

Texas Jail Project has spent years tracking stories of medical neglect and abuse during pregnancy in county jails all over the state.
— Read on www.teenvogue.com/story/giving-birth-in-jail

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Forensics: DeSantis killed the previous attempt to rid cop “hypnosis evidence.” Texas Senate advances bill to ban testimony derived under hypnosis

Forensic hypnosis is a technique used by law enforcement to boost a witness’s recall of the people, conversations and environment related to a crime.
— Read on www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/04/18/texas-senate-bill-338-prohibit-testimony-under-hypnosis-advances/70089073007/

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