THE CRIME LAB MINUTE
January 28, 2008
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The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on “Oversight of the Justice for All Act: Has the Justice Department Effectively Administered the Bloodsworth and Coverdell DNA Grant Programs?” on Wednesday, January 23, 2008. Among those testifying were The Honorable Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, Department of Justice; John Morgan, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice; Pete Marone, representing the CFSO; Larry A. Hammond, representing the Arizona Justice Project and Peter J. Neufeld, Co-Director of The Innocence Project. The text of their remarks can be obtained by clicking on the link below.
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=3068
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Forensic Science in the News
Washington D.C. - Stories Related to the Senate Judiciary hearing.
Audit: Wrongdoing at DNA Labs Unchecked
Charges of negligence and misconduct at some police forensic evidence labs remain unchecked because of lax oversight allowed by the Justice Department, an internal audit concluded.
Link to report: http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/OJP/e0801/final.pdf
Wrongly imprisoned Dallas inmate joins push for forensic funds
Freed after DNA test in Dallas rape, ex-inmate attends D.C. hearing
Feds Should Aid States With DNA Analysis
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said he will grill the new attorney general next week on why some $14 million Congress has set aside for those analyses has not been spent.
California
Lawsuit filed over San Jose case involving phony crime lab report
The case of a San Jose police detective who created a false crime lab report is heading back to court: this time for a lawsuit from the subject of the fake document.
Great Britain
New powerful DNA tool gets go-ahead
Revolutionary DNA technology which could catch thousands more criminals every year is finally set to be cleared for use by police.
North Carolina
Veteran FBI scientist to lead WCU forensic science program
Longtime FBI special agent Mark R. Wilson has joined Western Carolina University to lead its academic program in forensic science.
New Mexico
Applying science with competition
The reward for solving the crime the fastest was a trip to the state competition.
Australia
Backlog of DNA tests will go to private lab
DNA testing will be outsourced to a private company in an attempt to clear a backlog of thousands of police samples at NSW government laboratories and keep up with rapidly growing demand.
National
CSI students hot on trail of booming career choice
One of the top 20 fastest-growing occupations for 2008 is forensic science technician, crime scene investigator or "CSI," according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Great Britain
The incredible advances that mean no killers are safe from justice
Thousands of fugitive killers and perverts were hunted down last year thanks to mind-boggling breakthroughs in forensic science.
Indiana
Scott Newman says crime threatens areas around Indianapolis' core
The founder and President of Strand Analytical Laboratories is the new public safety chief.
Georgia
Overburdened Justice
Many cases are delayed by the state crime laboratory, which is in charge of processing evidence such as DNA, fingerprints and hair samples.
Missouri
Regional Crime Laboratory Reaches 100th Hit
The Kansas City Regional Crime Laboratory has been recognized for recording the 100th "hit" in their use of ATF's computerized ballistic imaging system.
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