Forensics
Manhunt: Unabomber makes a compelling mystery out of a story whose ending you already know
It’s the perfect true-crime story for fans of word games.<p><i>Every Sunday, we pick a new episode of the week. It could be good. It could be bad. It will always be interesting. You can</i> <i>read the archives here</i><i>. The episode of the week for August 6 through 12 is</i> <i>“Fruit of the Poisonous Tree,”</i> <i>the third</i> …
LinguisticsAfter Ending Obama-era Commission, Justice Department Announces New Forensic Science Review
"The Department of Justice believes that when the adversarial American legal system functions as intended—including through the support of trained …
GovernmentForensic Architecture: Towards an Investigative Aesthetics at Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona announces the opening of its exhibition Forensic Architecture: Towards an Investigative Aesthetics. …
Jefferson Sessions' program to lock up more Americans includes abundant use of junk forensic science
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Liberal ViewNew Stocks On Dividend Growth Model Portfolio: July 2017
Five new stocks make our Dividend Growth Stocks Model Portfolio this month.<p>Our Dividend Growth Stocks Model Portfolio underperformed the S&P 500 last …
StocksForensic Science Evidence Trending Towards Less Reliable
In January 2016, bemoaning that “the more people talk about improving the use of forensic science in the courtroom, the more things stay the same,” I …
Criminal JusticeSessions’ New Forensic Science Adviser Has a History of Opposing Pro-Science Reforms
Forensic science is an embattled field. As DNA testing has overturned hundreds of convictions based on flawed forensic evidence, scientists and …
Liberal ViewMumbai: Kalina FSL to get India's first Rapid DNA testing machine
Currently, it takes more than eight days to get the results of a DNA exam at the Kalina Forensic Science Laboratory. File pic<br>Crime investigation in …
DNAStarter Guide to Linux Forensics
The old saying is if your data isn’t backed up at least twice, it’s not backed up at all. For those not wise enough to heed this adage, there are a …
Digital ForensicsHow to download or view SharePoint Online Search Crawl Logs using Security & Compliance Center
About 2 years back I wrote this article on 'How to View SharePoint Online Crawl Logs in Office 365'. Things change quickly in Office 365 for good …
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A national effort to shore up the credibility and narrow the claims of forensic science will re-launch under new management less than six months …
Liberal ViewJustice Dept. tries to shore up forensic science, testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is trying to shore up faltering confidence in forensic science and how its experts describe their findings in court, a push that comes months after similar efforts dating to the Obama administration were suspended.<p>The department said Monday it is reviving …
CriminologySessions Scuttles Forensics Partnership With Scientists
Prosecutors notched a victory Monday over academics and defense attorneys in the long-running debate about what qualifies as sound crime-scene evidence versus “junk science” used to wrongly convict defendants.<p>Guidelines for the use of forensic evidence in court, previously developed by a …
News (U.S.)Deputy AG announces new Forensic Science Working Group but still doesn’t grasp the extent of problem
In a speech at the International Association for Identification on Monday, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein announced the creation of a Forensic Science Working Group within the Justice Department. Recall that one of the first moves by Attorney General Jeff Sessions was to end the National …
OpinionJustice Department resumes effort to improve forensic testimony
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is reviving efforts that first started under the Obama administration to develop uniform standards governing what forensic experts are permitted to say during criminal trials.<p>The forensic science initiative, announced on Monday by Deputy Attorney …
News (U.S.)The FBI and the Unabomber | Miami Herald
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Who would've thought that a passion for word puzzles would lead to the capture of a vicious domestic terrorist that had been …
EntertainmentWilliam R. Maples Popularized Forensic Anthropology Long Before CSI
Although forensic anthropology has been around in some form or another since the 1200s, it wasn't until the scientific developments of the nineteenth …
HistoryCall for ‘body farm’ in UK to help police solve murder cases
A facility for research into decay process in British conditions would help detectives find missing bodies<p>Forensic scientists are holding detailed talks with the government about setting up Britain’s first body farm, where researchers would study decomposing human corpses.<p>The aim would be to …
News‘Why this senseless murder of a good man’ – laments Wiese’s wife
Former Naspers financial director Eric Wiese was killed on Friday after he’d reportedly been ambushed outside his home in Cape Town home.
CrimeWho Stole the Minister's Malibu? - ABC Science Online - the Lab
A dastardly crime has been committed - and the culprits have been found!<p><b>Adam and Wil stole the Science Minister's Malibu Surfboard!</b><p><b>The Courtcase</b> - …
Australian Universities5 Tips On How To Avoid Your Own Wells Fargo Moment
If you need a reason to get your ducks in a row with the handling of electronic information, here's your wake-up call.
Digital ForensicsInnovation And The Law: Technology To Assist With The Dreaded RFP Process
Ediscovery columnist Kelly Twigger discusses a powerful new tool to help more clients get better access to services.
Digital ForensicsThese bugs are the most gruesome clues in forensic science
The first murder solved with the help of insects, per an account written in the year 1235, took place in China. A villager was found slashed to death. The judge summoned local farmers and told them to bring their sickles. As the farmers stood in the summer heat, insects swarmed around one man's …
News (U.S.)How corpse-eating insects could help solve murder mysteries
Forensic entomology has become well known with the spread of TV shows dealing with criminal investigations.<p>On TV shows, criminal investigators always …
CriminologyFighting Words With the Unabomber
Murder! Mystery! Mayhem! These are not generally words one associates with linguistics. And yet it turns out in some of the world’s most baffling …
LanguageCreating a Photographic Study of Decaying Human Corpses
Most of us don’t want to think about death, much less witness its physical ravages. But photographer Robert Shults photographed it with a macabre, …
PhotographyToronto man, 36, dies after being stabbed in Bolton
2 men, 1 woman are in custody and police say they are seeking another woman<p>Ontario Provincial Police say a Toronto man has died after a stabbing in …
Crime[WATCH] ‘Manhunt: Unabomber’ Review: Discovery Docudrama Is Excellent | Deadline
Debuting on August 1 with a two-hour premiere, Discovery’s excellent and riveting <i>Manhunt: Unabomber</i> probes the real story of how Ted Kaczynski’s …
TVNashik Regional Forensic Science Lab Gets DNA Test Centre
A DNA test centre was opened at the Regional Forensic Science Laboratory at Nashik, a move which will facilitate the police of five districts in …
DNA‘Manhunt: Unabomber’ Details Ted Kaczynski Capture Via Forensic Linguistics | Deadline
Sam Worthington says he held off as long as possible meeting FBI agent and criminal profiler Jim Fitzgerald, whom he portrays in Discovery Channel’s</i> …
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