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 …
Toxicology
Defending Drug Overdose Homicides Training
Live webinar, Sponsored by NACDL
Woman who cost parents custody of their children headed to prison
State v. Pabon, 850 S.E.2d 512 (2020)
A SCL analyst testified to the results of another analyst’s testing. However, he personally reviewed the data and offered his own opinion, which the court held did not violate the Confrontation Clause.
Forensic Toxicology: Methods Used and Common Errors in Screening and Confirmatory Tests
NC criminal defense and parent attorneys and their investigators may register for the program using this link. This five-hour live webinar on Nov. 19-20, 2020 will provide attorneys having little science training with the basics about the various forensic toxicology principles and techniques employed by forensic laboratories, contract labs, and probation officers around the country. …
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Forensic Toxicology: Methods Used and Common Errors in Screening and Confirmatory Tests
NC criminal defense and parent attorneys and their investigators may register for the program using this link. This five-hour live webinar on Nov. 19-20, 2020 will provide attorneys having little science training with the basics about the various forensic toxicology principles and techniques employed by forensic laboratories, contract labs, and probation officers around the country. …
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Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists 2020 Virtual Conference
This free virtual conference will cover topics including seized drugs, toxicology, DNA, and more.
Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists 2020 Virtual ConferenceRead More
OSAC Registry Approved Standards
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Evidence (OSAC) develops documentary standards for forensics through a standards developing organization or other consensus-based process that allows for participation and comment from relevant stakeholders. Standards under consideration as well as approved standards are available in the OSAC Registry. Standards are being developed for each forensic discipline.
AAFS Standards Board Documents
The American Academy of Forensic Sciences Standards Board develops documentary standards for forensics through a consensus process, involving participation by all directly and materially affected persons. The standards that have been published are available on the ASB website. Standards are being developed for each forensic discipline.
Free Webinar: DRE (Drug Recognition Evaluations) & ARIDE (Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement) — Their Purpose, How Are They Different, How to Discredit Them
Speakers: Doug Murphy, Tony Palacios, and Steve Oberman. Offered by NACDL and NCDD.
State v. Echols, 845 S.E.2d 208 (2020) (unpub)
Dr. Wilkie Wilson’s testimony on decedent’s behavior being consistent with methamphetamine intoxication violated Rule 702(a)(1), where he had not examined the decedent and based his opinion on witness statements and a medical report from 2014.
Isotonitazene Could Be the New Fentanyl
Current Trends in Forensic Toxicology Online Symposium
This free online program is hosted by the Center for Forensic Science Research & Education (CFSRE) and organized by practitioners from the forensic community. It offers in-depth, 1-hour lectures on a variety of topics, panel discussions, and a week-long poster session. In addition to the live event, all presentations are recorded for on-demand viewing and cataloged in …
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