DNA
Austin City Council to vote to separate forensics lab from APD
This Scientist Helped Free the Innocent Using DNA. Now Biden Wants Him in the Cabinet.
Opinion: Is an Innocent Man Still Languishing on Death Row?
Austin’s Unreliable Crime Lab Could Lead to Another Wrongful Execution
NY Legal Aid Society’s DNA Unit presents 6th Annual Questioning Forensics Conference
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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Concerned over DNA evidence, judge recommends new trial to Austin man on death row for 2009 slaying
PG Software and the Courts: The Verdict So Far
Bruce Budowle provides an overview of challenges to STRMix and other PG software for The Prosecutor magazine.
NIST Scientific Foundation Reviews
Document outlining NIST’s approach to conducted scientific foundation reviews (including data sources used, evaluation criteria, and expected outputs) of DNA mixture interpretation, bitemark analysis, digital evidence, and firearms examination.
DNA Mixture Interpretation: Conventional and Software-driven Probabilistic Genotyping Methods Webinar
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 …