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Health Feb 19

National shortage of forensic nurses frustrates rape victims

By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

Nation Aug 07

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Justice Department considers revamp of federal standards for forensic evidence

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is reviving work on federal standards for what forensic experts can say in court and plans to create a program to monitor the accuracy of forensic testimony.

By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press

Nation Apr 19

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Report: FBI investigators overstated evidence against criminal defendants

The Justice Department and FBI formally acknowledged that FBI forensic investigators routinely gave flawed testimony overstating evidence against criminal defendants during the 1980s and 1990s. In more than a dozen cases, defendants were later executed or died in prison. Spencer…

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11 British Terror Plot Suspects Charged

Eleven people were charged in Britain for allegedly plotting to blow up airliners going from Britain to the United States.

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