Goudge: Proper Training In Forensic Pathology Key To Avoiding Future Tragedy - Royal College Sets Standards To Address ... (Medical News Today)
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada commends The Honourable Stephen Goudge and the Commission of the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario for a comprehensive and thoughtful report. Among its many recommendations is the ...

1 held for Malegaon blast, forensic report says use of RDX (Outlook India)
A man was arrested today for his alleged involvement with recent bomb blast here and an forensic report said a mixture of RDX and ammonium nitrate was used in the explosion.

One held for Malegaon blast (rediff.com)
A man was arrested on Saturday for his alleged involvement with the recent bomb blast in Malegaon and a forensic report said a mixture of RDX and ammonium nitrate was used in the explosion.Abdul Rehman Salem Chaus was held by the police also for his ...

FDLE: No Red Flags In St. Pete Shooting Investigation (The Tampa Tribune)
The local state attorney's investigation into the police shooting of 17-year-old Javon Dawson was complete and thorough, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has concluded after conducting an independent review.

Rival gang killed Hells Angel, court hears (Guardian Unlimited)
Gerard Tobin died from single bullet to back of head in 'military-style operation' after Bulldog Bash festival

One held for Malegaon blast; report says use of RDX (The Times of India)
A man was arrested for his alleged involvement with recent bomb blast. A forensic report said a mixture of RDX and ammonium nitrate was used in the explosion.

Man Found Naked, Bleeding (The Tampa Tribune)
Here was Pasco County detectives' mystery Sunday: How did a 26-year-old man wind up naked, unconscious and bleeding inside a car at a used car lot?

Mental exam ordered for teen charged with killing parents (The Daily Telegram)
A state psychologist is to begin looking for answers to some of the questions raised in the aftermath of last week’s shooting deaths of an Adrian couple and arrest of their 17-year-old son on murder charges.

Wright contradicts testimony against him in Amherst murder trial (The News & Advance)
AMHERST — Defendant Timothy Wright Jr. testified Friday, in the third day of his murder trial, to contradict 2½ days of testimony against him by taking himself out of the love triangle prosecutors claim was the motive behind the slaying.

Sporting Arms Industry Statement on Failures of Ballistic Imaging Database (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Following an AP article ("NY new-gun database has yet to lead to prosecution," September 29, 2008) citing the failures of the New York and Maryland ballistic imaging databases, and testimony yesterday in a Washington, D.C. City Council hearing where the ...






BREAKING NEWS: 12:30 p.m. Testimony ends in Locke trial (Ottumwa Courier)
OTTUMWA — Both sides have wrapped up their presentation of evidence in the Sheri Locke murder trial. The defense concluded its case Monday morning with a ballistics expert and Locke's daughter on the stand. Prosecutors called only two rebuttal ...

For Jason O'Mara, the past is like another planet (USA Today)
Three cops, all sideburns and leather jackets, wend their way through a Manhattan nightclub crowd decked in platform shoes and Afros, swirling through smoke and a disco ball. Is this some kind of retro theme night? For Sam Tyler, the hero of ABC's new ...

Detroit Police Crime Lab Closed by Ballistics Errors (WDET-FM Detroit)
     The Michigan State Police is being called in to run the Detroit Police Department crime lab.      After being tipped off in April by a retired firearms examiner, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy began researching the possibility that ...

Ballistics tracking urged to ID guns (The Washington Times)
A gun-control advocate told the D.C. Council's public safety committee Wednesday that officials should consider adopting a complex method of ballistics tracking to help identify guns used in the city.

Lawyers criticize Detroit crime lab probe (Detroit Free Press)
A group of Detroit-area defense lawyers is calling for the U.S. Justice Department to take over the Wayne County prosecutor's audit of the troubled Detroit police crime lab. It's a plea that federal officials appear slow to embrace.

Cop slay suspect Steve Armento: I poisoned bullets with mercury (New York Daily News)
The judge presiding over Steve Armento's case said he would let the jury hear statements cops say he made about doctoring bullets with mercury. Those remarks also implicate his accused accomplice, "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato.

13:00 (BST), 07/10/2008 WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs Tiger Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS – Today leading video ... (gamesindustry.biz)
– Today leading video game publisher Lighthouse Interactive and developer G5 Software proudly announced that WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs. Tiger (PC), their interactive and exhilarating multiplayer tank simulation game, has achieved Gold Master status.

Yonkers sued for refusing to release records in '52 slaying (The Journal News)
A writer and the New York Civil Liberties Union are suing Yonkers and its Police Department after they refused to disclose public records regarding the 56-year-old unsolved slaying of a union leader.

Ballistics probe after triple shooting (The Australian)
GOLD Coast police have called in ballistic experts to assist in the investigation into a triple shooting overnight.

Witnesses recall past threats, statements by slaying suspect (Chico Enterprise-Record)
OROVILLE -- Several days before the remains of Tami Egbert were discovered at the bottom of Lookout Point in 2000, a witness quoted the Chico victim's husband as saying he felt she had been shot and her body was in Paradise.