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Congress looks into forensic failures regardless of DOJ Sessions lack of interest

Posted on April 13, 2017 by csidds

        On March 28, 2017 the House Judicial Committee heard from 3 “stakeholders’ ” on numerous forensic science issues including the extreme costs of wrongful convictions (Illinois has paid out $253M between 1989 and 2013). One major item … Continue reading →

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Do “Science People” in Forensics plan to #ScienceMarch on Earth Day?

Posted on March 4, 2017 by csidds

  I haven’t run across any evidence that the April 22 March for Science national event has hit the radar of major US forensic organizations. The fact is that most members are local, state or federal employees. Certainly many call themselves … Continue reading →

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