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Helping North Carolina’s public defense community understand
forensic science evidence and achieve better outcomes for clients

Forensics in the News

  • Judge: DC crime lab’s conduct ‘shameful,’ but murder case that exposed errors can continue 1 week ago
  • Faulty Forensic Tests on Newborns Send Women to Prison 1 week ago
  • The courts still haven’t figured out how to reconcile science with law 1 week ago
  • Failed Autopsies, False Arrests: A Risk of Bias in Death Examinations 2 weeks ago
  • People who are ‘incredibly good’ at catching liars ‘on the spot’ do these 5 things, say top psychologists 2 weeks ago

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Forensics Experts

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From the Blog

Hemp remains legal in NC

July 1, 2022

With Governor Cooper signing it into law yesterday Senate Bill 455 which permanently excludes hemp from the legal definition of marijuana under state law in NC, hemp’s future as a…

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What to do with low-quality video evidence

June 24, 2022

Last week an article in The Assembly, The Shooter in the Video, came across my virtual desk. The article focused on the case of James Richardson, who was convicted of…

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Expert assistance from Envista Forensics now available through Expert Services Project

June 1, 2022

We want court appointed attorneys to use experts, and we want using experts to be easier for attorneys. Access to qualified expert services is essential to the provision of indigent…

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Announcing Western Regional Lab Tour

May 17, 2022

The NC State Crime Laboratory, the 30th Judicial District Bar, and IDS are offering a tour of the Western Regional Lab in Edneyville on June 17, 2022 at 1:00 pm…

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White Paper on the Science of Late Adolescence: A Guide for Judges, Attorneys, and Policy Makers

May 9, 2022

Reposted from the NC Office of the Juvenile Defender Blog My high schooler is currently working on a Civics Literacy project in which she is tasked with creating a summary…

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Webinar: Challenging eyewitness ID testimony and utilizing defense experts

April 29, 2022

Live webinar presented by Dr. Lori Van Wallendael and Attorney Greg Tosi May 5, 2022, 12:30 pm 90 min of CLE credit anticipated Description: This program will discuss current eyewitness…

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DNA Mixtures Webinar: Likelihood ratios and challenges to STRMix evidence

April 22, 2022

Live webinar presented by Dr. Maher “Max” Noureddine and Attorney Elizabeth Vasquez June 2, 2022, 12:30 pm 90 min of CLE credit anticipated Description:This presentation will provide in-depth information about…

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Free online courses: Forensic science and Forensic mental health

March 31, 2022

Project 39A, a criminal justice initiative at National Law University, Delhi, in collaboration with Eleos Justice at Monash University, has recently launched two interdisciplinary courses — Decoding Forensics for Legal…

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Announcing Expert Services Project

March 28, 2022

We want court appointed attorneys to use experts, and we want using experts to be easier for attorneys. Access to qualified expert services is essential to the provision of indigent…

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