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Whitey Bulger’s Family: Prison System Did Not Protect Him
Monday, November 09, 2020
Family members of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger Jr. have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 30 unnamed employees of the prison system for failing to protect Bulger, who was beaten to death at a West Virginia prison. Read More News
Opinion: The Forensic Sciences Have a Diversity, Inclusion Problem
Friday, November 06, 2020
A recent decision by the Executive Committee of AAFS to eliminate an important and productive diversity committee—and my consequent resignation as Chair of the AAFS Diversity Outreach Committee—has sparked intense discussions in the forensic community. Read More News
Isotopes in Bones Conclude Early Big-game Hunters Were Female
Friday, November 06, 2020
For centuries, historians and scientists mostly agreed that when early human groups sought food, men hunted and women gathered. However, a 9,000-year-old female hunter burial in the Andes Mountains of South America reveals a different story. Read More News
DHS Awards $2 M to Create National Network of Cybersecurity Institutes
Friday, November 06, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has awarded $2 million to the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute to develop a plan that CISA can execute to build a national network of cybersecurity technical institutes. Read More News
Arizona's Report on Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls Has Over 50 Recommendations
Friday, November 06, 2020
After nearly a year of in-depth research, which was slowed by COVID-19 and some enforcement agencies choosing not to participate, Arizona got its clearest picture to date of the increasing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Read More News

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DNA, Witnesses Help Exonerate Jaythan Kendrick After 25 Years in Prison

Whitey Bulger’s Family: Prison System Did Not Protect Him

Opinion: The Forensic Sciences Have a Diversity, Inclusion Problem

Isotopes in Bones Conclude Early Big-game Hunters Were Female

DHS Awards $2 M to Create National Network of Cybersecurity Institutes

Arizona's Report on Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls Has Over 50 Recommendations