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Strategic Litigation assistance available

Below is an offer of support from Chris Fabricant at the Strategic Litigation department at the Innocence Project in NY. The Strategic Litigation department at the Innocence Project works to…

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Working with Experts in Trial Preparation CLE

Photo by CAPITOL STANDARD on Unsplash Friday, January 10, 2020NC Judicial Center, 901 Corporate Center Drive, Raleigh, NCSponsored by NC Indigent Defense Services5.0 hours of General CLE Credit anticipated The…

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Carts, Wax, and Oh, My: The New World of Marijuana Extracts

Originally posted on Nov. 12, 2019 on the North Carolina Criminal Law blog. The advent of cannabis legalization across the country has led to a proliferation of new types of…

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MI federal judge disallows testimony about DNA mixture interpretation

Counsel should be aware of the Oct. 2019 ruling in which a United States District Judge found that in a case involving interpretation of a complex DNA mixture where the…

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DNA Mixture Interpretation CLE: Conventional and Software-driven Probabilistic Genotyping Methods

As forensic labs are transitioning to a new method of interpreting DNA mixtures using software-driven probabilistic genotyping methods, attorneys will need to become familiar with the changes that are coming…

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Are There Really Flaws in Cell Phone Location Evidence?

Originally posted on the Envista Forensics Blog on Oct. 7, 2019 by Larry Daniel, Spencer McInvaille, Eric Grabski The amount of cell phone record location information being admitted as evidence…

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Granting of new trial in capital case with unreliable DNA evidence affirmed

In 2010, Michael Ryan was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death for a 2007 homicide. While the case was on direct appeal and as a result of…

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Forensic Trial Litigation CLE at Duke Law

October 19 (1 pm to 5 pm) and October 20 (all day – 9 am to 5 pm). Forensic evidence, from DNA to fingerprints to ballistics, has never been more…

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Visit to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

On Friday, August 30, 2019, a group of 20 attorneys, investigators, and law students visited the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). The group met with Dr. Michelle Aurelius,…

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