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                    [Title] => PNP paraffin test a ‘junk science,’ says Subic rape witness
                    [Summary] => A prosecution witness in the Subic rape case involving four American servicemen claimed the Philippine National Police (PNP) is utilizing an obsolete and unreliable method of detecting the presence of semen in a specimen.


Branding the method as "junk science," forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun claimed the PNP is also using an obsolete method to determine if a person fired a handgun.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347108 [Title] => Subic rape trial sparks war among forensic experts [Summary] => A number of Filipino forensic medicine practitioners have questioned the claim of the prosecution’s expert witness in the Subic rape trial that she is one of only two formally trained forensic pathologists in the Philippines.

Ernesto Gimenez, Philippine Association of Forensic Medicine (PAFM) president, said Dr. Raquel del Rosario-Fortun is a self-proclaimed expert who believes that she is above other forensic experts, including those working for the National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 346933 [Title] => ‘Nicole’s’ injuries consistent with rape, court told [Summary] => The injuries sustained by a 22-year-old Filipina who has accused four US Marines of rape indicated that she might have been forced to have sex, a prosecution witness said yesterday.

Prosecutors contend that Lance Corporal Daniel Smith raped "Nicole," while his three co-accused, Lance Corporals Dominic Duplantis and Keith Silkwood and S/Sgt. Chad Carpentier cheered him on.

Forensic pathologist Racquel Fortun, the prosecution’s expert witness, told the Makati City regional trial court yesterday that the injuries of Nicole were consistent with rape.
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Branding the method as "junk science," forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun claimed the PNP is also using an obsolete method to determine if a person fired a handgun.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347108 [Title] => Subic rape trial sparks war among forensic experts [Summary] => A number of Filipino forensic medicine practitioners have questioned the claim of the prosecution’s expert witness in the Subic rape trial that she is one of only two formally trained forensic pathologists in the Philippines.

Ernesto Gimenez, Philippine Association of Forensic Medicine (PAFM) president, said Dr. Raquel del Rosario-Fortun is a self-proclaimed expert who believes that she is above other forensic experts, including those working for the National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police.
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Prosecutors contend that Lance Corporal Daniel Smith raped "Nicole," while his three co-accused, Lance Corporals Dominic Duplantis and Keith Silkwood and S/Sgt. Chad Carpentier cheered him on.

Forensic pathologist Racquel Fortun, the prosecution’s expert witness, told the Makati City regional trial court yesterday that the injuries of Nicole were consistent with rape.
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