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White House Declassifies Outline of Cybersecurity Program. The White House has provided the public with a summary of its Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Intiative (CNCI). The goal of this project is to protect government computer systems and infrastructure. Washington Post, 2010
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Science: A Murder Suspect’s Worth to Science. Amy Bishop, neuroscientist, inventor, murder suspect, has become bigger than life, a symbol for those who think that genius is close to madness, or that women cannot get ahead in science, or that tenure systems in universities are brutalizing — or even that progress against fatal diseases is so important that someone like Dr. Bishop should be set free to pursue cures. New York Times, 2010
Technology: Recognizr: Facial Recognition Coming to Android Phones. Swedish software and design company The Astonishing Tribe, also known as TAT, has been developing a rather astonishing augmented reality application for mobile phones. Originally built as a software concept, the Android app called "Recongnizr" is a mobile prototype that allows you to use your phone in order to "see" who a person is and what web services and social networks they're connected to. New York Times, 2010
Law: Prosecutor Reflects On Wrongful Conviction In D.C. Killing. J. Brooks Harrington, the lead prosecutor in Donald E. Gates's trial, discusses the post-conviction DNA exoneration that proved Gateswas not the man who raped and murdered a woman in 1981. Gates was recently released from prison after being incarcerated for 28 years. Washington Post, 2010
Featured forensics-related word ... Arson trail (ar•son trail; [är΄sәn trāl]—noun): The use of various types of materials, such as cloth rags, newspapers, or wood, that have some type of flammable liquid poured on the material by which the fire can travel along. This trail can leave a distinct mark on the floor of a fire scene.
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Under a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), NCSTL ran two 2-day trainings on the uses of forensic science in capital cases were held; one in May, 2009 in Tampa, FL and the other in November, 2009 in Phoenix, AZ. One hundred and fifty prosecutors and defense attorneys attended and gained information about the uses and applications of various areas of forensic science to litigation.
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