2010 - April 12
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General Announcements
Registration for the 2010 ASCLD Symposium is now open. Be sure to get your workshop registrations in before the workshops are full!
Quick LinksThe Briggs J White Award is presented each year at the annual symposium to recognize an ASCLD member, past or present, who has demonstrated managerial excellence in forensic science. It's time to start thinking about who you would like to nominate for this years award. (Nomination deadline seems like months away, but it will be here before we know it) Nominations for the Briggs White Award are due by August 1.
News around the globe
Does the United States Supreme Court's determination in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (2009) 557 U.S. ___ [129 S.Ct. 2527] (Melendez-Diaz), alter the California rule established in People v. Geier (2007) 41 Cal.4th 555, 596-607 (Geier)?
Florida
Funded by a grant from the National Institute of Justice, a research team from Florida International University is analyzing how laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) can be used in crime labs.
But it Works on TV!
Newsweek According to the Innocence Project, of the 252 DNA exonerations since 1989, half the convictions were based at least partly on "unvalidated or improper forensic science." SF crime lab scandal strains justice system
California Authorities are trying to salvage some cases by having drugs retested at other labs; they also may refile some of the dropped cases. Forensic science in the dock
Australia An independent DNA consultant has built a career by finding flaws in the test results some of these laboratories have provided for the justice system. Blood, Urine Testing Breakthrough
Canada The new test “has high power of discrimination and reproducibility with high accuracy and precision, and is the first in the horse racing industry specifically designed for racehorse identification and detection of equine sample contamination by human DNA.” Forensic Magazine
New laws are increasing DNA caseloads, but recent and upcoming technology is helping to close the gap and improve the quality of forensic DNA testing and analysis.
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Sponsors
Employment OpportunitiesCriminalist-toxicologyScottsdale Police Department Crime LaboratoryScottsdale AZ Director of the Forensic Science DivisionMichigan State PoliceLansing MI Crime Scene Section SupervisorPhoenix Police Deparment LaboratoryPhoenix AZ Crime Scene TechnicianDavenport Police DepartmentDavenport IA Quality Assurance Specialist III-IVTexas Department of Public SafetyAustin TX Crime Lab DirectorOrange County Forensic Laboratory Services Bureau DirectorWashington State Patrol Crime Laboratory DivisionOlympia WA |
