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This training program will aid those working to defend persons accused of homicide in drug-related overdose deaths. Each section of the program focuses on a different aspect of these cases. CLE is not available for this program.
"Making Sense of Science XIII"
LOCATION: Online Web Training DATES: On Demand; Access any time
Presented by Dr. Glenn Langenburg (Elite Forensic Services, LLC), and Eric Ray (Ray Forensics) and hosted by Mark Satawa (Satawa Law PLLC)
NACDL's statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations regarding the need for reliable, accredited, transparent forensic science to ensure proper due process in criminal cases.
In recent years, prosecutors have increasingly relied on forensic science to secure criminal convictions. There has been a growing skepticism, however, about the supposed infallibility of some forensic sciences. Janis Puracal and Aliza Kaplan provide a general framework for challenges to these forensic disciplines, pointing out some of the ways attorneys can raise challenges pretrial, at trial, or after conviction.
Law enforcement has started to use genetic genealogy websites to try to identify suspects in cold cases. How does genetic genealogy work? What should defense attorneys look for if forensic genetic genealogy is used in their cases?
“Surreptitious DNA sample” refers to the collection and analysis of DNA from a person without the person’s knowledge and without coercion. For example, the police may swab a suspect’s DNA from a discarded cigarette. Oded Oren outlines an argument for suppressing the DNA information extracted from the analysis of surreptitiously obtained DNA rather than suppression of the DNA itself or the physical object from which it was obtained.
What are some common mistakes made by crime scene investigators during the recovery of human skeletal remains?
Letter from NACDL Executive Director Norman L. Reimer and NACDL affiliates' leadership to FBI Director James Comey regarding the FBI's policy on recording custodial interrogations, especially for those suspected of felony offenses.
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Arson & Junk Science with Marc Fennell
Webinar on Bite Mark evidence and ABFO guidelines
Full Title: EVOLVING SCIENCE AND FAULTY FORENSICS: LEGAL THEORIES FOR ADVANCING INNOCENCE CLAIMS Pre-Trial and Post-Conviction Bite Mark Litigation. An analysis of multiple cases involving bite mark litigation.
A diagram of cases with no Frye hearings with a general acceptance of bite marks as evidence, despite a previous ruling in People v. Marx stating there was no established science of identifying persons from bite marks.
A diagram depicting wrongfully convicted individuals based on bite mark evidence.
