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Fingerprint Analysis is High-Stakes Work—But It Doesn’t Take Much to Qualify as an Expert
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Police Can Keep Ring Camera Video Forever and Share with Whomever They’d Like, Amazon Tells Senator
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Making Sense of Science XIII – April 2-4, 2020
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A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect
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Eighteenth Annual PD Clothing Drive – December 7, 2019
/in NewsPlease remember the 18th Annual Public Defender Clothing Drive at the Orange County Courthouse on Saturday, December 7th between 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. We will be located at the circular driveway at 435 North Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801, to receive your donations and thank you for your contributions. Donation receipts will be provided.
We are happy to take your donations throughout the year. Please call the office at 407-836-4806 to schedule a clothing pick-up or drop-off.
Bob Wesley
Public Defender, Ninth Judicial Circuit
435 N. Orange Ave., Ste. 400, Orlando FL 32801
(407) 836-4806
aschmitt@circuit9.org
Lunch and Learn: Defending DUIs with Pre-Trial Motion Practice – Orlando, November 13 at 12:00 PM
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PD9 and GCD Host Capital Defense Conference in Orlando: Telling the Client’s Story
/in Attorney, Biology News, NewsThe Georgia Capital Defenders had scheduled a great October CLE program in Savannah captioned “Telling the Client’s Story,” but had complications which prevented them from going forward. We contacted GCD and offered to put on their program in Orlando with the always helpful Barry School of Law as hosts. Next, our partners at the National Center for Forensic Science joined the party with their support. The final, special ingredient came with friend of PD9, Professor Richard Rogers, agreeing to join us on Friday.
So, with all this energy and collaboration we are presenting this program on Friday, Nov. 8, all day Saturday, Nov. 9 and a Sunday, Nov. 10 morning closing session. Please review the agenda. You will find a very thorough Daubert program as well as the modified Georgia program.
Pricing will be in the $200 range for the entire event. CLE credit calculations are pending. To register, please click here.
Burned by ‘Bad Science’ A Doctor’s Questionable Opinion Can Help Send Caregivers to Prison
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Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Cocaine Before Test Showed Real Identity of White Substance
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NACDL Winter Meeting: From Tech to Touch: Challenging and Suppressing Evidence Before Trial
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Event: From Lab to Market: A New Tool for Identifying Controlled Substances – Orlando, October 17
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FREE Webinar: Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse: Why Can’t We Be More Like CSI?
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PD9 Hosts Its Annual Law Camp with the Boys and Girls Club
/in Attorney, News, Patterned Evidence NewsThis summer, Robert Wesley, Public Defender of the Ninth Circuit, partnered with Dr. Candice Bridge from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the National Center for Forensic Science (NCFS) to provide a Forensic Science Law Camp for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Florida.
This law camp gave middle school and high school children an introduction to a career in forensic science. The students had the opportunity to learn how to compare fingerprints and ask for career guidance. This experience culminated in a mock trial at the end of the summer.
The Ninth Circuit for Orange and Osceola Counties, UCF, and the NCFS is committed to outreach programs like this one to help educate and make careers in Forensic Science accessible to the community.
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Lubricants and Glitter: Revolutionizing Sexual Assault Investigations – October 23 at 6 PM
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N.Y.P.D. Detectives Gave a Boy, 12, a Soda. He Landed in a DNA Database
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The Role of Scientific Forensic Evidence Questioned in Pending Texas Execution
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There Will Be Blood, and Physics, Too: The Messy Science of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
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Blood, Breath, and Tears 2019
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Cell Tower Evidence & The Public Defender
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