The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim's brain material into glass, the first time scientists have verified the phenomenon from a volcanic blast, officials at the Herculaneum archaeology site said.
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The Justice Department has awarded grants totaling more than $145 million to fund crime laboratories, decrease DNA backlogs, support basic and applied forensic research and help law enforcement identify missing persons.
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The Washington Post is reporting that the FBI is investigating a firearms analyst at the District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences.
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Criminals sometimes damage their mobile phones in an attempt to destroy evidence. Now, researchers at NIST have tested how well these forensic methods work.
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After several mass shootings in the state in the past few years, Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday the implementation of a training program to spot potential mass shooters.
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According to a doctoral thesis completed by Nadia Valentina Tapia Navarro, victims of mass atrocities are often portrayed as disempowered, passive, defenceless and docile in discourses pertaining to international law.
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A U.S. attorney in Tennessee is joining other federal and state attorneys who are urging Congress to extend an order that criminalizes possession of the dangerous opioid fentanyl and related substances.
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As part of his anti-gang push, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants prosecutors to be able to charge crimes across multiple counties and to be able to seek the death penalty for murders committed during gang activity.
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Through an analysis of data gleaned from a survey of 4,000 people living in urban areas about their experiences with police brutality, researchers discovered a relationship between police brutality and mistrust in medical institutions.
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Forensic recently spoke to NIST computer scientist Rick Ayers about data extraction methods and the growing field of mobile forensics.
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