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DNA
Legal Aid Society of NY’s DNA Unit Presents Foundation of DNA Defense
Don’t miss out on a great free-to-attend webinar program offered Mar. 30 – Apr. 1, 2022. The Legal Aid Society of NY presents a DNA conference annually. This year’s focus is “Unpacking the 2021 NIST Report.” There will be three days of presentations on the latest information related to forensic DNA evidence. The speaker line-up …
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SF Public Defender Echoes DA’s Criticism of Police Use of DNA Collected From Crime Victims
Virginia Beach police used fake DNA results during interrogations, attorney general investigation finds
Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail
Testing Rape Kits Can Deliver Exonerations, Closure and Cost Savings. Why Does It Still Take So Long to Do?
$6 million award for NC man after jury finds police detective fabricated evidence
How Your Family Tree Could Catch a Killer
Cook County Board Approves Rapid DNA System for Medical Examiner’s Office
Evidence Collection and Analysis for Touch DNA in Groping and Sexual Assault Cases
Julie Valentine et al. in Journal of Forensic Nursing (2021)
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Researchers Say Consistency in Context is Crucial in Ensuring that Analysts Accurately Process Forensic DNA Data
Editorial Article: The use of probabilistic genotyping software in forensic DNA analysis
Defending IEEE Software Standards in Federal Criminal Court
June 2021 article by Marc Canellas. IEEE’s 1012 Standard for independent software and hardware verification and validation (IV&V) is under attack in U.S. federal criminal court. As software spreads through the criminal legal system, scientists, engineers, and IEEE have an essential role in ensuring courts understand and respect IEEE 1012 and IV&V. If not, courts …
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A preparatory guide for court prepared for DNA examiners by STRmix
This document responds to the DNA Mixture Interpretation: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review (draft) document from June 2021. STRmix prepared this document as guidance for STRmix users who may encounter the NIST review in the court setting.
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Complex DNA Mixtures Interpretation and the Incorporation of Probabilistic Genotyping (PG) Software, Part 2
Live webinar presented by Dr. Maher “Max” NoureddineSeptember 16, 2021, 1:00 pm90 min of CLE credit anticipated As a follow up to his program offered on Aug. 5, 2021, Dr. Noureddine will offer this additional presentation on probabilistic genotyping (PG) software. This presentation will provide more in-depth information about likelihood ratios and PG software used …