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April 22, 2009 | Volume 3, Issue 16 Subscribe | Advertising Services | Contact Us
DNA Collection and Packaging
 When processing crime scenes, you will encounter many different types of evidence. Often, the most useful evidence will be DNA evidence. In order to make the most of this evidence, you need to know where to look for it, how to collect it, and how to package it. If you put in the effort to do the job right, you will be rewarded with an even stronger case.
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FORENSIC NEWS
  • Separate Police and Labs to Reduce Bias
    The most controversial conclusion in the National Academy of Sciences report on forensic science was that crime labs need to be independent of law enforcement agencies because forensic scientists who work for police are prone to subtle, contextual bias, the Las Vegas Sun reports.
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  • DNA Bill in Texas Risks Increasing DNA Backlog
    The ACLU is keeping a close eye on Sen. Dan Patrick’s SB 727, which if passed would require DNA from all Texans convicted of a felony, including juveniles and those on probation. In addition to privacy issues concerning the collection of DNA, the ACLU fears that the measure will increase the DNA backlog.
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  • Judges Look to Shake Up DNA Appeals
    Harris County’s 22 criminal district judges recently approved a plan to regulate which lawyers can be assigned to cases for defendants seeking post-conviction DNA testing. By some accounts, Houston’s most recent inmate exonerated by DNA evidence spent an extra year in prison because of his attorney’s slow work.
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  • Alabama To Revisit 100 Autopsies Performed by Discredited Medical Examiner
    A mother in Alabama was released after nine months in prison when several forensic pathologists said Alabama medical examiner Dr. Corinne Stern misdiagnosed her infant’s cause of death. The state’s chief medical examiner now plans to re-open 100 prior homicide cases in which Stern performed the autopsy.
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  • California DA Dismisses Misdemeanor and Drug Charges in Exchange for DNA
    Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas is dismissing misdemeanor and drug charges against defendants in exchange for a DNA sample. Some judges and defense attorneys are concerned the program, dubbed "spit and acquit", may lead to abuses of power and public safety concerns.
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  • New Book on the Budding Field of Wildlife Forensics
    In her new book Animal Investigators: How the World's First Wildlife Forensics Lab is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species, Laurel Neme, PhD, explores how forensics has helped solve animal trafficking cases.
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April 20–22, 2009
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May 1, 2009
NJAFS Spring Seminar
Atlantic City, NJ

May 4 – 8, 2009
MAAFS Annual Meeting
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North Carolina Division of the IAI Spring Conference
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May 11 – 15, 2009
Spring 2009 Seminar California Association of Criminalists
Arrowhead, CA

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2009 Annual Biometrics & Forensics Summit
San Diego, CA

May 17 – 21, 2009
Eighth Annual Advanced DNA Technical Workshop
East Amelia Island, FL

June 9 – 14, 2009
Texas Division of the IAI Conference
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NAME Annual Meeting
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