Word: byrds
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Slaveholders and abolitionists both used Christianity to promote their cause. The Civil Rights movement that was incubated in black churches in the South used the same Christian texts as Senator Robert Byrd, who opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because of the “Curse of Ham.” The same creator who gave us “inalienable rights” has yet to extend those rights to same-sex marriages. Historically as Americans, we have used religion to comfort many in the midst of tragedy at certain times, and to cause tragedy for some...
...Jason Byrd, a well-known forensic entomologist, says that body farms are becoming more important as stranger-on-stranger crime is on the increase. In cases where the victim is related to the murderer by family, financial or social bonds, police often use these connections to help solve cases. "Now there are more random acts of violence and we have less and less avenues to turn to," says Byrd. Body farms cannot be set up to mimic every kind of environment, of course, but already they have given southern criminologists vital research - for example, bodies decompose in Florida in three...
...Nobody likes to talk about it. It's politically uncool - putting a human body out and letting it decompose - but unfortunately it is a necessary artifact of human society," Byrd says. Once the cadaver has been exposed to open air, the bones picked clean by wildlife and insects, the skeletal remains are studied, then measured, catalogued and archived...
...More controlled research on human cadavers also would help in the courtroom, Byrd says, since the current method of using hog carcasses to determine key facts like probable time of death is often challenged...
...past, law enforcement often relied on officers who were close to retirement or on "desk status" to serve as crime scene investigators, but there's now recognition that criminologists need a solid science background. "There has been a change in mentality," Byrd says. "CSI has glamorized the work and that has caused a lot of attention and with publicity there often comes funding...