Richard Glossip faces a December execution date as Oklahoma lawmakers call attention to new evidence of prosecutorial misconduct in his case.
— Read on theintercept.com/2022/09/23/richard-glossip-execution-investigation/
There are more than 22,000 people missing in the U.S. More than 600 of those people were reported missing in East Tennessee.
— Read on www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/trace-act-could-universalize-how-missing-person-information-is-entered-into-namus/51-795be65e-0573-46c9-a0cc-5dde761c1fa8
A decade-old drug testing scandal at the William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute may involve wrongdoing by more chemists than just Annie Dookhan, according to a judge.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/massachusetts-crime-lab-drug-testing-scandal-rcna48940
Forensic specialist contradicts previous witness testimony: ‘I don’t see any data that confirms the presence of human remains’ – Mustang News
— Read on mustangnews.net/forensic-specialist-contradicts-previous-witness-testimony-i-dont-see-any-data-that-confirms-the-presence-of-human-remains/
HARRISBURG — State police are now required to turn over DNA samples of missing persons and unidentified decedents to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUS), thanks to two
— Read on www.dailyitem.com/content/tncms/live/
Crime lab mistakes man’s Tums for cocaine; Audit underway – KTVZ
— Read on ktvz.com/cnn-regional/2022/09/20/crime-lab-mistakes-mans-tums-for-cocaine-audit-underway/
An unidentified asylum seeker died in a suicide in a New York City shelter on Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams said Monday.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/asylum-seeker-takes-life-new-york-city-mayor-says-rcna48351
Amid a shortage of forensic pathologists, Arizona’s Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner has identified thousands of those who lost their lives in the Borderlands
This piece is co-published with High Country News
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/19/arizona-migrants-remains-border-forensics
Over 400 people are being recovered from shallow graves outside the town of Izium, Ukraine. DW’s Emmanuelle Chaze visited the horrific scene and spoke to investigators, who believe war crimes took place there.
— Read on www.dw.com/en/ukraine-war-izium-bodies-show-signs-of-torture-and-execution/a-63163444
A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime on Monday filed a lawsuit against the city.
— Read on m.startribune.com/woman-whose-rape-dna-led-to-her-arrest-sues-san-francisco/600206222/
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