Forensics: Unadulterated Anti-vaccinator BS. Letter to the editor: What junk science has wrought

Posted on July 28, 2022 by csidds

“Vaccine leak Covid.”

When you get your medical advice from Bill Gates, Big Bird and Anthony Fauci, be prepared to suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, about a third of the U.S. population swallowed every bit of propaganda coming out of the FDA/CDC/NIH crime syndicate and is suffering the consequences. Another third knew something was amiss, but they were coerced into going along. A final third actually sought out dissenting scientists’ views, managed to escape and stayed healthy.
— Read on m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/26/letter-to-the-editor-what-junk-science-has-wrought/

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Forensics: Exonerations in Central Park Five case don’t prompt apology from Trump, who called for teens’ deaths

Posted on July 28, 2022 by csidds

Thanks to the 2019 release of the Netflix drama series When They See Us, many already know the story of the Central Park Five. The name refers to five Black and Latino men wrongfully convicted (when they were still children) of beating and raping a…
— Read on m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/27/2112866/-We-know-about-the-Central-Park-Five-but-six-were-wrongfully-accused-and-one-just-got-exonerated

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Forensics: The untrue and pseudoscience of bitemark matching infects India’s dental literature

Posted on July 25, 2022 by csidds

Reading this drivel gives me a headache. They claim its as good as DNA using scrape marks on skin as one of a kind evidence. They cite some of my work as supporting their claims. Utterly delusional.

ompj.org/files/ompj 13 2 article 15 web-7b573064c76f0167f107addbfdbf8c0887566437.pdf

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Forensics: Go Valena Beety! ‘Cultural Bias’ and Wrongful Convictions of Women

Posted on July 23, 2022 by csidds

Women are more likely than men to be convicted for crimes they didn’t commit—or for crimes that never occurred—and they often face harsher sentences, a webinar was told.
— Read on thecrimereport.org/2022/07/22/cultural-bias-and-wrongful-convictions-of-women/

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Forensics: Canada slow in accepting genetic genealogy. It helps ID unidentified persons. Advanced DNA could help solve cold cases in Canada.

Posted on July 23, 2022 by csidds

Advances in DNA technology are being credited with solving a growing pile of cold case murders in the U.S., but the news methods are yet to be tested in the Canadian court system.
— Read on globalnews.ca/news/9008397/advanced-dna-cold-case-murders-canada/

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Forensics: Horrific injuries. Jurors hear about autopsies of slain Parkland students

Posted on July 23, 2022 by csidds

Broward Associate Medical Examiner Dr. Iouri Boiko testified about the autopsies of four students shot to death by Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz.
— Read on www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article263722593.html

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Forensics: Genetics and genealogy. Coffee cup helps police crack one of US’s oldest cold cases after 300 interviews since 1975

Posted on July 22, 2022 by csidds

Genealogy researchers traced possible suspect’s DNA to Calabria region of Italy
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/police-cold-case-coffee-cup-b2127282.html

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Forensics: NamUS needs more funding! Carrie Grey, 39: Woman Vanishes From Alaska In 2021 • Our Black Girls

Posted on July 19, 2022 by csidds

Very little is known about Carrie Grey and her case, but after family couldn’t reach her, they asked the authorities to do a welfare check.
— Read on ourblackgirls.com/2022/07/18/carrie-grey-39-woman-vanishes-from-alaska-in-2021/

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Forensics: NamUS Missing Persons database not used. State doesn’t teach tool used to solve missing person cases, 67% not in federal database

Posted on July 16, 2022 by csidds

Here is a synopsis of the videocast.

1. Only 13 States mandate police to obtain and enter missing persons fingerprint, dental, and personal information into the federal NamUS system.

2. Voluntary compliance of police departments is low.

3. Many unidentified human remains are cremated without DNA being saved.

4. Cops are not trained in NamUS protocols.

5. Poor and minority missing persons and families lack equal responses from media and law enforcement.

— Read on www.kcrg.com/video/2022/07/15/state-doesnt-teach-tool-used-solve-missing-person-cases-not-federal-database/

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Forensics: DNA testing starting for Tulsa descendants of massacre victims.

Posted on July 14, 2022 by csidds

www.huffpost.com/entry/united-states-tulsa-massacre_n_62cf15c5e4b0eef119c192d0

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