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Tissue Depth Measurements and Forensic Facial Reconstruction
By Meaghan Huculak
The reconstruction is guided by facial tissue depth markers, which are measurements of the distance between the surface of the underlying bone and the surface of the skin. The purpose of this research is to expand the facial tissue depth data available in Canada to include African Canadian children.
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FORENSIC NEWS
  • Fingerprint Evidence Questioned In Death Penalty Case
    Attorneys in a homicide and carjacking case tried to convince Judge Catherine Blake in Baltimore’s U.S. District Court that fingerprints are not as fool-proof as they’re believed to be. In a groundbreaking ruling in 2008, county Judge Susan Souder disallowed prosecutors in this case from using fingerprint evidence.
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  • Dallas County DA Shifts Costs of Crime Lab Tests to Area Police Departments
    The Dallas County district attorney's office has told area police departments it will no longer pick up the tab for crime lab testing. County commissioners say a huge budget shortfall that once exceeded $60 million has forced their hand.
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  • DNA Sampling Misses 50,000 Felons Released In Illinois
    An estimated 50,000 felons have been released from Illinois prisons or county probation without submitting DNA samples as required by law, leaving a gaping hole in the 7-year-old program designed to link known criminals to unsolved crimes.
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  • Lab's Rules for DNA Frustrate Police
    A Wichita, Kansas, police official says the regional forensic laboratory's restrictions on DNA testing will hamper efforts to combat street gangs. The restrictions specifically limit weapon testing in felony cases and DNA tests on evidence from drug and property crime cases.
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