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PD9 Hosts Its Annual Law Camp with the Boys and Girls Club
This summer, Robert Wesley, Public Defender of the Ninth Circuit,…

The Myth of Fingerprints
At 9:00 a.m. last December 14, a man in Orange County, California,…

Spring Training – March 4-8
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Could Fingerprint Scanners Replace Check-In Lines at Airports, Baseball Games and Hospitals?
When Apple introduced an electronic fingerprint scanner to…

The FBI Says Its Photo Analysis Is Scientific Evidence. Scientists Disagree.
The bureau’s image unit has linked defendants to crime photographs…

New Scientific Paper: The Uncertain Future of Forensic Science
Abstract
Forensic science is at a crossroads. In the last…

We Broke Into a Bunch of Android Phones With a 3D-Printed Head
Facial recognition is cropping up everywhere. From shopping…

2019 Making Sense of Science Seminar – April 5-6, 2019
NACDL's 12th Annual Forensic Science & the Law Seminar,…

What Happened After an 11-Year-Old Boy Was Accused of Murdering His Pregnant Soon-To-Be Stepmom
On the morning of Feb. 20, 2009, Chris Brown was running a little…

Academic Paper Highlights Need to Tighten Rules for Fingerprint Evidence in Light of False-Positive Error Rate – Criminal Legal News
A new study published in the UCLA Law Review reveals a potential…