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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

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  • “Ineffective” organization of police digital forensics slowing down investigations 2 weeks ago

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How to Access NC State Crime Lab Procedures and Quality Records

February 3, 2023

Attorneys often ask me how to access the State Crime Lab’s procedures. I have described how to do it in the post below. I encourage everyone to request access to…

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2023 Forensic Trial Litigation CLE at Duke Law

January 25, 2023

February 24 (2 pm to 5 pm) and February 25 (9 am to 12 pm, 2 pm to 5 pm) (and 2 hours prerecorded) Forensic evidence, from DNA to fingerprints…

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Whiskey in the Courtroom 9: Evolving Trends in Forensic Science – DNA Evidence

January 23, 2023

Registration is now open here for the ninth annual CLE, Whiskey in the Courtroom: Evolving Trends in Forensic Science, sponsored by Indigent Defense Services, the Duke Law Center for Criminal Justice…

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2023 IDS Forensic Science Education Series

January 19, 2023

IDS and the Mecklenburg Public Defender’s Office provide regular continuing education to dozens of NC criminal defense and parent attorneys, investigators, and mitigation specialists who attend the IDS Forensic Science…

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New Resource on Face Recognition

January 17, 2023

The Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology has released a new report on face recognition which is designed to serve as a resource for researchers and criminal justice stakeholders…

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Corrective Action investigation of former Bode DNA analyst Mollie Megahee

January 10, 2023

Defense attorneys should be aware of an issue involving a DNA analyst at Bode Technology. Bode is a private accredited laboratory that performs DNA and other forensic analyses. Bode has…

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Is the caller the killer?

January 4, 2023

ProPublica reporter Brett Murphy published his first article in a series of investigative reporting about a controversial method being used by some law enforcement officers to determine whether a 911…

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Concussion as a Mitigating Factor in Capital Murder Webinar

November 21, 2022

If you are free at 1 pm on Nov. 22, tune into the Law and Mental Health Webinar series offered by the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Dr.…

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State v. Booth and marijuana identification

October 26, 2022

In case you missed it, the COA released State v. Booth on Oct. 18, 2022, dealing in part with lay opinions by officers identifying marijuana as such based on sight and…

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