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Supreme Court Requires Lab Analysts to Testify: Now What?
By Rebecca Waters
In early July we reported on the outcome of the contentious Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts Supreme Court decision requiring forensic analysts to be available to testify if their reports are admitted as evidence. We’ve now had some time to contemplate what this ruling will mean.
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FORENSIC NEWS
  • Accuracy of Forensic Evidence Challenged in Amanda Knox Murder Trial
    The defense counsel for murder suspect Amanda Knox charged forensic investigators with sloppy handling of key evidence last week, in the final day before the sensational international trial breaks for summer.
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  • Stimulus Money Helps Solve DNA Backlog
    A backlog of DNA samples at the Sheriff’s Office in San Mateo County, California, will finally get looked at due to extra help being hired, paid for with a $108,000 grant from federal stimulus funds.
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  • Forensics at Heart of Jakarta Bombings Investigation
    Forensic analysts are hard at work in Jakarta, Indonesia, working to identify both perpetrators and victims of the hotel bombings on July 17 that killed nine and left approximately 40 wounded. Indonesian police have taken DNA samples of the suspects’ relatives to confirm identities.
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  • San Diego Forensic Investigative Agency Announces Triple Expansion
    The San Diego private investigative firm Able Forensic Investigations, Inc. has announced its intent to expand three divisions of its services: Litigation Support, Family Law and Assets, and Personal Injury Investigation.
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  • Also in the News…
    Modern Forensics Solves Mystery of Three Civil War Soldiers
    City Morgue Gets a $26.8 Million Makeover
    Opinion: Forensic Science Going to the Dogs
    First NIJ Compliant Multi-Threat Body Armor Introduced

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August 3 – 7, 2009
Trace Evidence Symposium
Clearwater Beach, FL

August 16 – 22, 2009
Annual IAI International Educational Conference
Tampa, FL

August 19 – 22, 2009
Crime Mapping Research Conference
New Orleans, LA

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

October 7 – 10, 2009
AFQAM Conference
Anaheim, CA

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