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Evidence Collection Primer
Ever feel like you need a little refresher course on evidence collection? Maybe you collect prints all the time, but when was the last time you collected some more obscure evidence. The Crime Scene Investigator Network has compiled evidence collection guidelines that can help jog your memory.
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FORENSIC NEWS
  • Flexible, Specific, and Cost-Effective Real-Time PCR Method Discovered
    Scientists from the Department of Life Science and Medical Bio-Science at Waseda University, in Tokyo, Japan, recently presented their new, faster, and more cost-effective PCR method for DNA analysis in a paper published by the American Chemical Society. This method could dramatically reduce the DNA backlog.
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  • Cross-Examination Ruling Unsettled in Virginia
    Virginia courts are feeling the impact of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prosecutors must make forensic examiners available for defense cross-examination about lab reports on drugs, ballistics, and other trial evidence.
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  • Houston Officers, Mayor Square Off Over Immigration Policy
    Houston’s largest police union, citing the death of six officers during Mayor Bill White’s tenure, called on the mayor and City Council this week to hire more officers, restore $14 million in overtime pay, and overturn the long-standing policy of not questioning residents about their immigration status.
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  • New DNA Testing Procedure on The Books For South Dakota Inmates
    Effective Wednesday, South Dakota joined other states in setting up a system that lets prison inmates who meet strict conditions seek DNA testing that could prove them innocent.
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  • Training a Lens on D.C.'s Most Gruesome Crimes
    With his camera, Curtis E. Lancaster hovers over mangled bodies for hours, ensuring that he has all the angles, close-ups and wide shots. For nearly 25 years, Lancaster has documented some of the city's most horrific crime scenes. "I bring the jury from the jury box to the scene," he says.
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  • Also in the News…
    A Crime Lab Evolves, From Makeshift to High-Tech
    California Cities, Counties May Have To Pay Lab, Witness Fees
    Skeletal Remains Sent To State Crime Lab
    Opinion: Jon Benet Ramsey Killer Can Be Found by Molecular Photofitting from DNA

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July 22, 2009
Forensic Science Seminar
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July 27 – 29, 2009
2nd Annual Green Mountain DNA Conference
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August 16 – 22, 2009
Annual IAI International Educational Conference
Tampa, FL

August 23-27, 2009
47th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
Geneva, Switzerland

September 11 – 16, 2009
NAME Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA

September 13 – 17, 2009
ASCLD Annual Symposium
Anaheim, CA

September 21 – 25, 2009
Rocky Mountain Division of the IAI / NWAFS Joint Fall Conference
Fort Collins, CO

September 23 – 25, 2009
Minnesota Division of the IAI Conference
Baxter, MN

Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2009
The 1st International ICST Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime
Albany, NY

October 2 – 3 2009
Southern California Association of Fingerprint Officers (SCAFO) Annual Training Seminar
Burbank, CA

October 3 – 7, 2009
IACP Annual Conference & Exposition
Denver, CO

October 6 – 9, 2009
Tri-Division Educational Conference
Las Vegas, NV

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AFQAM Conference
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