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DNA analyst in UT student’s strangulation case resigns over incorrect courtroom testimony
Open Forum with the NC State Crime Laboratory CLE
Friday, October 4, 2019 NC Judicial Center, 901 Corporate Center Drive, Raleigh, NC Co-sponsored by the NC State Crime Laboratory & Office of Indigent Defense Services The NC State Crime Laboratory and NC Office of Indigent Defense Services will offer a free-to-attend CLE that is designed to enhance the knowledge of criminal defense attorneys and …
N.Y.P.D. Detectives Gave a Boy, 12, a Soda. He Landed in a DNA Database.
Court Tosses Illegal DNA Swab but Cuts Route for Do-Over
Trade secret privilege is bad for criminal justice
DNA Evidence Essentials webinar on probabilistic genotyping
A new method for interpreting DNA mixtures will be coming online in NC in the coming months. A webinar on probabilistic genotyping will be offered on Aug. 13, 2019 from 12-2 pm to train attorneys on this new methodology. This complimentary forensic science webinar is offered by the National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology, and the …
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Product News: Resolving Complex, Mixed DNA Profiles with Sophisticated Forensic Software
Genetic Genealogy’s Less Reliable Cousin
A decades-old rape test sent him to prison. Then his high school girlfriend saw an old photograph.
DNA testing issue at NMS Labs
Attorneys from several counties have received notice through discovery that their cases were potentially affected by a DNA testing issue at National Medical Services (NMS) Labs in Pennsylvania. DA’s offices in various jurisdictions have sent samples to NMS Labs for DNA testing in recent years.
$1 Million Settlement for NYC Crime Lab Tech Who Blew Whistle on Use of Untested DNA Tests for Decades
In an Apparent First, Genetic Genealogy Aids a Wrongful Conviction Case
Human DNA Standard — A Q&A With NIST’s Becky Steffen
NIST scientist Becky Steffen answers questions regarding her preparation of a “Human DNA Standard” which helps forensic laboratories maintain accurate DNA test results.
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