A California senator introduced a bill last week that seeks to change the legal standard for expert witness testimony, specifically in relation to forensic evidence.
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Forensic anthropologists know that race isn’t based in biological fact, but in a history and culture that assigns meaning to physical traits that occur among different human populations. Why, then, are they still relying on a tool from the field’s negative roots in “race science”?
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Prosecutors in northern Mexico confirmed Saturday that at least two of the 19 people found shot to death and burned near the U.S. border were Guatemalan migrants. Two other victims among the four identified so far were Mexicans.
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A forensic dentist and local artist assisted with the creation of a composite photo. There are also photos of a backpack and shoes found at the scene.
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K9 Dennis jumps around the obstacle course at the Phoenix Police Department's Regional K9 Training Center. He's healthy, happy, and a little yappy. It's hard to believe that just last month this same police dog was shot in the line of duty
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In a letter to Nature Biotechnology, cyber-researchers at Ben-Gurion University (Israel) have expressed their concern with the seemingly “easy” way biologists can be tricked into producing dangerous toxins in their labs through the use of malware.
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Agents from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s Northeastern District and investigators from the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a man for a murder that happened nearly five years ago.
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Sheth is among an interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, applied mathematicians, and chemists working to develop a single-cell pipeline based on sound analytical and statistical principles.
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Kristin Sasinouski joins Bode after more than 16 years at the Connecticut Division of Scientific Services where she most recently served as the Deputy Director of Forensic Biology and DNA.
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The study examined New Jersey's two largest police forces: the Newark Police Department, which released 13 percent of its police force on one day in 2010, and the Jersey City Police Department, which averted layoffs.
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