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Defense attorneys should not become overwhelmed by DNA evidence and believe they have no way to challenge the allegations. Counsel can demonstrate to jurors that other plausible explanations exist.
This page contains materials and information related to probabilistic genotyping.
Presented by Carrie Wood, Assistant Public Defender, Appellate Division, Hamilton County Public Defender (OH); and Nathan Adams, Systems Engineer, Forensic Bioinformatics (OH)
Trial Advocacy: Forensic Sciences Training Philadelphia, PA | 2018 | Grant-Funded Public Defense Training
President Lisa Wayne's written statement to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee regarding advancing the science and use of forensics in criminal cases and investigations.
President Gerald B. Lefcourt's written statement to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts regarding misconduct in FBI labs that interferes with criminal cases, revealed in a Department of Justice Inspector General's report.
North Carolina Wake County, In The General Court of Justice Superior Court Division: State of North Carolina v. Taylor Evidentiary Hearing Volume IV to VI
A case study on DNA genotyping within complex mixtures to assess the number of contributors in 3 to 4 person complex mixtures.
A comprehensive set of guidelines by SWGDAM for validating probabilistic genotyping systems.
Champion article on controversy regarding forensic DNA data and statistics in court cases.
Important DNA testing terminology, their definitions, and questions to be asked with regards to DNA evidence.
Letter to the editor of the Journal of Forensic Sciences on the standards for software verification and validation by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
NACDL President E. E. (Bo) Edwards' letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act of 2003 (S. 1700), which includes a provision to expand the federal Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database.
An article from the Journal of Forensic Science on the combining of the analytical methods of hair comparison and mitochondrial DNA sequencing.
A paper on the development and use of an open-source software: Lab Retriever, to assess the statistical significance of complex DNA profiles.
A notice to be read by those prosecuted where evidence includes DNA mixture analysis conducted by a crime laboratory in the state of Texas.
