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Crime Lab Proficiency Testing and Quality Management Webinar
The Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) is offering a webinar, Crime Lab Proficiency Testing and Quality Management. This event will be held Tuesday, January 21st from 11am-12pm, CST. In the wake of recent reports documenting the vulnerability of forensic science methodologies to human error (e.g., NAS, 2009; PCAST, 2016), the field has sometimes pointed to proficiency …
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He served 43 years for a murder he didn’t commit. Now he’s suing the county, sheriff and SBI.
Inside Philly DA Larry Krasner’s new plan to drop low-level drug charges in favor of addiction treatment
Rape Charges Thrown Out After Minnesota Agents Mix Up DNA
Imagine Being on Trial. With Exonerating Evidence Trapped on Your Phone.
ANAB Directory of Accredited Organizations
This database can be used to identify which laboratories are accredited.
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 cannabis products. There are skin patches, food and drinks (for humans and pets), vaporizer or “vape” cartridges (or “carts”), and different concentrate or extract products (“dabs”, “wax” or “shatter”, among other names). [Click …
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At least 100 criminal cases in St. Louis County under review over possible DNA evidence problems
Court Skeptical of Supervisor’s Liability in Drug-Lab Scandal
Did The N&O show ‘actual malice’ toward SBI agent? NC Supreme Court now must decide.
‘Tainted’ DNA clears Queens burglary suspect; he was in New Jersey at the time of the crime
Former death row inmate gets new trial in Gaston County killing
SJC tosses more than 24,000 tainted convictions connected to Amherst drug lab
Forensic Trial Litigation CLE at Duke Law
Duke University School of Law is excited to offer a short course on forensic evidence litigation, with CLE credit pending approval, at Duke Law in Durham, North Carolina. The course is free and open to a small number of practicing criminal lawyers. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys are encouraged to attend. The course will be open …