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DNA in the courtroom, brought 'truth' What does AI bring to the courtroom? -ASKS, Sandra Mickanen

havent read it, don't currently have any michael connelly in my home library, but saw him interviewed..

and write away started wondering..  like, yes..

i do remember when DNA became 'a thing' so to speak, in the courtroom.  and everyone, for the most part, regarded DNA as a tool for truth

being used to PROVE someone did or did not commit a given crime.    -concrete, scientific, evidence; nearly undisputable. 

What does AI bring? to a courtroom... 

currently i can speak on behalf of myself and many others...  the word 'truth' certainly doesn't come to mind

i know it can be used to speedily execute tedious processes   -and there are a lot of tedious processes behind the scenes for lawyers, judges, expert witnesses..   etc.   tons of paper and digital paper work.

organizing, charts, graphs...      writing/composing opening/closing statements....   editing..

guiding jurors, influencing jurors this way or that, based on feedback from AI generated arguments..

but employed equally by both sides..

remains a chess game of sorts..

what tools can we bring to a courtroom which actually, exclusively bring us closest to the truth; and true justice..

those two things, truth & justice..   seem to keep getting lost in the win-at-any-cost, scientific, political and technological shuffle.

*****

ever curious,    selah! & amen

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#vellumdays -fresh sticker collage art by sandra mickanen

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DJI Mini 3 Nail Sticker Accessories -by (necessity and for), sandra mickanen #vellumdays

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small paws. a poem, by sandra mickanen especially for smallpawscremations.com

2nd poem for small paws, 

1st one:  in love i trust

all thank you prayers and love   ~amen. 

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i spy my lucky # -sandra mickanen adding to collection.

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60 seconds each: San Jose City Council Mtg, March 10 2026 Public Comment re: Automatic License Plate Readers & Public Safety

sharing our 60 second speeches here:

ROBERT MICKANEN:

My name is Robert Mickanen and I am a member of the HTLC community, ( Hard Working, Tax Paying, Law Abiding, Contributor).

 The HTLC community demands that City Council puts public safety first. Protect us from the same criminals violating the community over and over again. Repeat offenders take up the majority of our  wonderful Law Enforcements time. Do not cut any funds from our Law Enforcement. 

The city can save a lot of money by cutting most of the Homeless budget. While the city places criminals in Luxury Tiny Homes free of charge, we have members of the HTLC community leaving the city. These members of the HTLC community get no financial help, but the criminals do. 

The State, the county, and the city jump through hoops, bend over backwards, and do cartwheels for criminals. This is just crazy. 

We don’t see any public officials at any level speak out and put forth any kind of agenda to place the HTLC community above criminals. 

All issues start at the city level. How awesome it would be if we had a council member advocating for public safety alongside us. All we hear from the city is Homeless criminals come first before the HTLC community. We dream of one day having someone represent our values of being safe from repeat criminals. Someone who will be tough on crime. 

We have heard from a gentleman running for governor, who shares our values in keeping the public safe from criminals. His name is Chad Bianco. The HTLC community is supporting Chad Bianco, because we feel he supports us.

SANDRA MICKANEN:

You need automatic license plate readers to fight crime.

I am Sandra Mickanen and

I want to prevent a recent headline from being lost and forgotten in the abyss of news & headlines:

Mario Porter, a FIFTY ONE year old male, was arrested for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15 year old girl on her way to school in San Jose, just two months ago.

“THANK YOU!” SJPD for your heroic and vital work in capturing and arresting this repeat predator;

Already a convicted felon, with a track record of sexual assault on minors,

And, assessed as above average risk of re-offending.

Did you keep him in jail?  NO  

This kidnapper and rapist was provided a safe home, a pet park, serenity room and garden

With funding from Governor Newsome’s homekey program.

He was provided shelter at LifeMoves largest interim housing community on Branham.

Our tax dollars went to helping this repeat kidnapper & rapist restart and rebuild HIS life.

But instead, to no ones surprise, he kidnapped and raped again,

And now his victim will need to restart and rebuild her life.

To this beautiful 15 year old girl..  We are so sorry negligence, stupidity & greed cost you this way.

I too am a survivor and I am here for you.

This entirely preventable trauma, is only one of several reasons we are voting for Chad Bianco for Governor.

We need, desperately, to stop protecting criminals, and start supporting our law enforcement.

 ELVA WILSON:

My name is Elva Wilson, a 70 yr resident of D5, in San Jose.  As VP of Beautify Berryessa Neighborhood Association, I’m here to show  support of LPR technology.  

As a Latina, today I learned that while my people represent 30% of SJ’s population, my odds of being the victim of violent crime is closer to 60%.   

We have an understaffed police force.  Less police means more crime.  I have been the victim of crime, more than once, and was grateful that police had the tools necessary to bring those responsible to justice.  

Misuse of LPR technology is a possibility as seen in a handful of cases around the country.  Let’s use these few incidents as learning experiences to improve the technology. We can also improve the process by implementing the guardrails detailed in the Police Chief’s report to the Mayor and Council today. 

Please support LPR technology.  Please fund the SJPD  Quality of Life Team.  

TOM WILSON:

As the City’s population increases, partly due to the trending growth of high-density housing, the ratio of police officers to residents is declining at an alarming rate. And, since hiring, training and retaining officers has been problematic, I see no path forward other than using technology to help maintain law and order in the City. 

LPR’s are not a perfect solution, and privacy concerns are valid to a degree. However, anyone using a smart phone is already being tracked and security cameras are everywhere. 

LPR technology is relatively new, so issues are to be expected. But, if we don’t use it, we won’t be able to perfect it. The Police Chief’s recommendations to the Mayor address the privacy issues brought forth, and our elected leaders should vote for the continued use of LPR’s.

We’ll sleep easier knowing the police have the tools they need to protect the law-abiding citizens from the criminals. 

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Guinness~Baileys Bliss, St Patrick's March Yard Art 2026 by (sexy! & topps!) #bliss

#bliss.     since i'm very new with the drone camera, we still took pix our old school way too.

details in prior post 'my very own flying camera'

to Saint Patrick!  Cheers!  Silante! & Amen..  

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MY VERY OWN FLYING CAMERA!! "THANK YOU!" Best Kids Ever!! -from writeousmom..

i've been very nervous about...

but determined!

and "thank you!" here to youtube, and to sean (sp?) from air photography,  for his outstanding, thoughtful, well paced tutuorials for beginners..

i mean, 

i'm going to practice, practice, practice..

but..   door wide open for holy spirit help...  guidance...    encouragement...

so excited!!  it is an all together AWESOME sensation when your drone takes its first flight..

lift off!    mini journey...    acclimate to controls... 

take some pictures..

to have it come back..   and land safely.    remarkable experience.  I LOVE THIS THING!

MILLION "THANK YOU's!"  

LOVE YOU!!     -to be continued...   

hallelujah & amen. 

#bliss

guinness~bailey bliss yard art 2026 by sexy & topps,   aka robert & sandra

and,  -foam at top of guinness, our mailman keith's suggestion..  and a great idea it was! fun!

spectacular squares, beers cheers & happy st patricks..  our way cool, wonderful

artist, neighbor & friend, jerry heinrichs.   YOU'RE THE BEST!!

"Slainte!"   Much gratitude, love, appreciation...    

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GLUED TO EVERY WORD: sandra mickanen reporting with delight!

by typing 'arts and crafts' in the search bar of youtube..

landed on what is now my favorite interview of 2026..   maybe, of all time!

joe hage, i believe, founder of heni talks (?), interviewing hans ulrich obrist, curator.

totally unknown to me prior to this youtube search...

glued to every word; packed! dense!  will need to rewatch and capture..

but 'handwriting!'    -they need to hear about my super cool, way fun, handwriting letter activity @ golden psalms!

the above interview inspired me to watch another, and

because after i met my now, husband, he used to send me to work at alden lane with the 

THE! best homemade lunches.  place them in tupperware, and always place a sticky note on top that said what the meal was..

i used to write on the sticky notes..   thank you's, love you's, and, often time i would try and write my thank you in the language of the culture the food originated from...  take and text a pix to him.. 

so, most have both of our handwriting on each post it note. 

anyway..   before i met and fell in love with robert, i had a jar of peanut butter and loaf of bread in my locker at alden lane, 

and it did keep me going, 

but, robert absolutely spoiled me with the best homemade lunches, greatest meals..

and i found a variety of ways to show my appreciation; still do.

but i kept the large majority of the post it notes, and after he invited me to join him in retirement, 

i laid them all out on the floor, and took a picture..   

****

lots of post it notes, love notes, around our home..    always. 

"Thank You!" prayers..   love youtube...  so much!  amen & amen, 

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GENIUS COMPOSER!! that's what she was.. is. -found it.. sandra mickanen DELIGHTED to share

 so, i was write...   regarding previous post.   in drafts, not published, 

but!  i am going to post it here, change/remove her name, and not include the picture.    I LOVE HAVING ACCESS TO MY MEMORIES...     a thing for which i can never thank the blogosphere enough..

*****

from may of 2013:    

it deserves a more detailed explanation..

so here you go: everyone's favorite wine lord, tony -was providing delicious tastings to some women on one side of the wine bar, while i had just finished up serving a variety of customers myself

so, looked like i had a little down time, as they say

but! this wine goddess likes to stay productive, (little pat on my own back), so i went write away over to the deli where i thought i'd constructively use my down time to chop up a giant block of gourmet cheese into darling little bite size square~ish pieces for our gem society members (do i sound a little like spongebob?)

side note: ruby hill's gem society members enjoy not only free wine tastings; but also, access to our vintner's collection, award winning reserve collection AND world class member only exclusive wines /thank you chris graves

PLUS! we spoil you (and up to three guests) by providing a delicious selection of gourmet cheeses & crackers in the area reserved for gem society members only

but! the cheese doesn't cut itself, write..

so, there i was

in the deli, with a cutting board on the counter, a very sharp knife in my left hand, and a block of cheese in the other...

i placed the block '0 cheese on the cutting board...

and (insert spongebob voice here) and set the very sharp knife down on said cutting board

because i remembered how important it might be to thoroughly wash my hands before touching the block 0' gourmet cheese

so i thoroughly washed my hands

and then picked the very sharp knife back up, and started digging, cutting, poking, stabbing, tearing, twisting the almost impossible to penetrate skin tight plastic wrap that -very, very securely- protected the cheese

and write as i was stabbing the plastic with my very sharp knife..

a super duper creepy crawly, like...

ultra big and nasa fast -blackish, brownish

freaky lookin' spooky tarantula~black widow~hybrid animal/insect creature

darts itself across the cutting board


so now you have a spider phobic wine goddess with a very sharp knife in her hand...

the result?

not blood.

opera! a very organic and effortless soprano

"waaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh" and that very sharp knife became my conductor wand as i backed myself at a steady pace away from the deli

and so sincerely, one of the beautiful young women tony was serving, said, " are you singing? opera?"

i had to laugh.

(that's the first way she saved my life... laughter. it's like c.p.r. for phobics)

then..

bless her genius composer heart...

i explained my circumstance, and even though, she doesn't like spiders anymore than i do, (well, maybe a little bit more than i do) she still went over, like a true she~roe, spotted the creature now camouflaged on the dark floor tile

and stepped on it with her cute foot, and darling sandal

"MY SHE-ROE" she flashed in my mind as a daring warrior-spy-homeland-security secret agent

then with great compassion and understanding

she showed me the dead squished spider on the bottom of her sandal

spider-phobic compassionate people, know, by the way, how very important it is for spider-phobics to SEE, with their own two eyes, that the spider creature is indeed DEAD

we don't like to be just told...

we need to KNOW.

/think osama bin laden here...


anyway..

she so kindly let me see the spider was actually dead, with no chance, whatsoever, it would return

and then she scrapped it off her sandal and into the garbage

i proposed to her, and we are now living happily ever after.


/having fun..


she then shared a couple personal terrifying spider/cockroach stories..

i thanked her for saving my life

and then we talked some more..

i learned, like me, her and her sister are best friends.. her sister is a genius history major... and she is a genius composer

and their genius mom & friend were so wonderful to talk to also..

we took a couple pictures..

exchanged emails..    and websites
and now, i'm just excited to see their careers & contributions unfold..


maybe write here in livermore! -because, it turns out, she writes -movie scores

so i told her, not only is pleasanton/livermore like a 2nd napa, but livermore is also, like a 2nd hollywood!

" nicole kidman was filming a movie here only months ago!"

so i will close here with a toast

"to she-roes! history! music! movies! family! friends! sisters! -success!"


look foward to our paths crossing again.

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Hans Zimmer LIVE in P.... sandra mickanen pulling from the archives...

quite a pronounced 2nd CH too:

unsuccessful trying to find the post via keywords in search..  i believe it might be in my drafts; not published.

but very short version:

wine goddess days, ruby hill winery, 

working the deli..   trying like heck to remove shrink wrap from a block of gourmet cheese..

when a spider comes creepy-crawling at lightning speed across the counter in front of me..

my impulse, primal reaction..    a kind of loud, long, high, stretched out scream..

with SINCERITY, a young woman came to the deli from nearby and asked me..     do you sing opera?

and she was not being sarcastic, or..  she didn't know about the spider..

but i laughed, and explained.. no, i am definitely not an opera singer..

turns out, 

this young woman, at the winery with her sister,  she shared with me

she had just been hired to join hans zimmer..    (on tour?), in his orchestra, 

in what capacity, i don't remember,  but i did take a pix of her with her sister..

and i did, at the time, post about it..     

but i remember her asking me to remove it, for privacy reasons; which i did

no further questions asked.

*****

i hope, now, decade + later..  i hope she went on to have a remarkable, 

exciting career..                 -MAYBE!! she's even in this documentary which i will watch soon..

maybe it will serve as piece to the mysterious puzzle...

*****

selah! & amen. 

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The Healing Powers of LOVE & SUPPORT....

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