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Sarah Olson

Defending Drug Overdose Homicides Training

January 11, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Location: a Live NACDL Virtual EventDates: Runs weekly on Thursdays from January 28 – February 18, 2021Cost: Free Program Description: With opioid-related deaths devastating communities across the country, many legislatures, prosecutors, and law-enforcement officers are choosing to treat these accidental overdose deaths as homicides. Despite the fact that there is no empirical evidence to suggest that such prosecutions stem …

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Category: TrainingsForensic Discipline: Death Investigation, Drug Analysis, Toxicology

NY Legal Aid Society’s DNA Unit presents 6th Annual Questioning Forensics Conference

January 10, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

The Legal Aid Society’s DNA Unit is presenting its 6th Annual Forensics Conference on the afternoons of January 27-29. If you have ever wanted to attend, this year is a great opportunity as it is virtual and free to attend. 2020 brought expansion of new technologies (like DNA phenotyping and genealogy), and expansion in the courts’ …

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Category: Announcements, TrainingsForensic Discipline: DNA

2021 Forensic Trial Litigation CLE at Duke Law

January 8, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Friday, February 5 (9 am to 12 pm)Thursday, February 11 (2 pm to 5 pm) Friday, February 12 (9 am to 12 pm) Forensic evidence, from DNA to fingerprints to ballistics, has never been more important in criminal cases.  Actually litigating scientific evidence in the courtroom can be challenging and requires some specialized skills.  Duke Law …

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Category: TrainingsForensic Discipline: Fingerprints, Foundations of Forensics

Forensic Update from North Carolina State Crime Laboratory

January 5, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

In Dec. 2020, the NC State Crime Laboratory posted a new Forensic Update for criminal justice stakeholders regarding digital evidence. The update addresses how digital evidence should be submitted to the lab and the lab’s examination capabilities. Attorneys should review the Forensic Update to have a better understanding of how the lab will process digital …

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Category: Announcements, Crime LabsForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

2021 IDS Forensic Science Education Series

December 23, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

In 2020, over one hundred NC criminal defense and parent attorneys, investigators, mitigation specialists, and experts attended forensic webinars sponsored by IDS as we all pivoted to working and learning remotely. It proved to be a great way to provide free-to-attend forensic training during times when we can’t offer in-person training. We anticipate that webinars …

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Category: TrainingsForensic Discipline: Foundations of Forensics

Understanding the Differing Roles of Forensic Mental Health Practitioners: Do I need an expert, a consultant, or both?

December 22, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Live webinar presented by Brittany Bate, Ph.D.Feb. 4, 2021, 1:00 pm60 min of CLE credit anticipated Mental health practitioners oftentimes find themselves engaging in court-ordered and/or forensic work, whether they are being called to testify regarding a therapy client, asked to perform a violence risk assessment, or tasked with reviewing another professional’s work. However, licensed psychologists have ethical …

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Category: TrainingsForensic Discipline: Mental Health

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

December 14, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

The Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office is hosting a free-to-attend CLE webinar on DNA Mixture Interpretation: Conventional and Software-driven Probabilistic Genotyping Methods. Pending approval by the NC State Bar, this CLE is for 2 general hours (1 of which can count as the technology hour) and the State Bar will charge you $3.50/hour. Please register at …

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Category: TrainingsForensic Discipline: DNA

Behavioral Science Briefs for the Trial Advocate

December 9, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

The latest volume of Behavioral Science Briefs for the Trial Advocate was published recently and is available here. It summarizes research on issues including juror decision-making, mock jurors’ evaluation of firearm testimony, eyewitness identifications, child interviewing, and other topics relevant to the criminal practitioner. A deep understanding of human behavior offers an edge to trial attorneys. …

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Category: Featured ArticlesForensic Discipline: Foundations of Forensics, Mental Health

Recent Research in Eyewitness Evidence Webinar

December 7, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Dec. 16, 20201:00 pm via Webex1 hour of general CLE credit anticipated Register for the program here. Dr. William Crozier will present an overview of the 2020 scientific review paper on eyewitness identification evidence published by the American Psychology-Law Society. The paper, “Policy and Procedure Recommendations for the Collection and Preservation of Eyewitness Identification Evidence,” …

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Category: TrainingsForensic Discipline: Eyewitness ID

Psychological Testing in Criminal Cases: the Utility of the MMPI

December 1, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Dec. 10, 20201:00-2:15 pm via WebEx1.0 hours of general CLE credit anticipated Click here to register for the program. Mental health experts routinely rely upon psychological testing when formulating psycholegal opinions. In this 1-hour live webinar, Dr. Maureen L. Reardon will review the role of personality testing in the forensic context and its implications for …

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Category: TrainingsForensic Discipline: Mental Health

Challenging an officer’s identification of marijuana by sight or smell

November 16, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

There have been several posts on this and related topics here and here. This post will attempt to compile all of the resources and walk attorneys through the process of making these challenges. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-87(16) provides the statutory definition of marijuana, specifically excluding from its definition industrial hemp. Industrial hemp, as defined in …

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Category: Motions & Briefs, Practice TipsForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

Trace Evidence Resources on forensicresources.org

November 12, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

As part of our mission to help North Carolina’s public defense community understand forensic science evidence and achieve better outcomes for clients, the office of the Forensic Resource Counsel continues our efforts to make information related to forensic science evidence more easily accessible to attorneys through this website. In that vein, we are pleased to …

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Category: AnnouncementsForensic Discipline: Trace Evidence

Additional considerations for in-person mental health evaluations during the COVID-19 pandemic

November 5, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

I posted in June 2020 about conducting mental health evaluations on in-custody clients during the COVID-19 pandemic here. In some cases, evaluations have proceeded. In others, defense teams have sought motions to continue to the dangers inherent in-person mental health evaluations of in-custody clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. This declaration by epidemiologist Eric T. Lofgren, …

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Category: Practice TipsForensic Discipline: Experts, Mental Health

FORENSICS@NIST 2020

October 14, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

On Thursday November 5th and Friday November 6th, 2020 NIST will present a free-to-attend virtual conference where NIST scientists will discuss how they are using advanced methods in metrology, computer science and statistics to strengthen forensic science. Registration is available here. Topic Areas to be covered: Drugs/Toxins Statistical Methods in Forensic Science Firearms and Tool Marks Forensic …

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Podcast about digital forensic labs

October 12, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Just Science is a forensic science podcast funded by the NIJ’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence. The current season of Just Science is devoted to digital evidence, including the history and interpretation of digital evidence, emerging technologies used in investigation and as evidence, and the validation of digital forensic tools.  Attorneys may be particularly interested …

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Category: AnnouncementsForensic Discipline: Digital Evidence

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