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. The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the establishment of a National Commission on Forensic Science as part of a new initiative to strengthen and enhance the practice of forensic science on February 15, 2013.
NCSTL published Law 101: Legal Guide for the Forensic Expert. It is billed as
"one of the most popular courses EVER" sponsored on DNA.gov by the National Institute of Justice.
YouTube and NCSTL: Carol Henderson's Crime Scene, Spring 2013 and History of Fingerprints
www.ncstl.org is used as a resource in over 170 countries
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Science: Sweetheart Scams. An old adage says, “Love is blind”—and that’s exactly what so-called sweetheart scammers are counting on. Financial fraud is one of the dangers of dating online. FBI E-Mail Updates, 2013.
Technology: The 3 Fs of Spotting Photo Fraud. Recent advances in digital imaging allow for the creation of visually compelling photographic fakes. The undermining of the public’s trust in photographs has impacted law enforcement, national security, the media, advertising, e-commerce, and more. Fortunately, the field of photo forensics has emerged to help restore some trust in digital photographs. Evidence Technology Magazine, 2013.
Law: Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions. “The CSI effect has caused jurors to expect crime lab results far beyond the capacity of forensic science,” wrote Jim Fisher, a former FBI agent and retired criminalistics professor who taught forensic science at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, in his 2008 book titled Forensics Under Fire: Are Bad Science and Dueling Experts Corrupting Criminal Justice? Fisher notes that problems in forensics “have kept scientific crime detection from living up to its full potential.” His conclusion is that “bad science, misadventures of forensic experts [and] human error” exemplify “the inability of our 21st century judicial system to properly differentiate between valid research and junk science.” Prison Legal News, 2013.
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NCSTL has trained more than 12,000 people worldwide. That number will increase greatly now that Law 101: Legal Guide for the Forensic Expert has been published on DNA.gov.
NCSTL conducts in-person training. Under a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), NCSTL conducted two more training workshops on the use of forensic science in capital cases in 2012.
Trainings for Capital Defense Attorneys and Capital Prosecuting Attorneys were conducted separately. Defense: The agenda for the training held in Las Vegas on May 21-22, 2012 is here; the presentations are located here. Prosecutors: The agenda for the training held in Atlanta, Georgia on August 27-28, 2012 is here; the presentations are located here.
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NCSTL.org is the only online resource in the world that concentrates on the nexus of science, technology, and the law. Focusing on forensic science and scientific evidence, NCSTL.org educates and shares information with scientists, legal professionals, law enforcement, academics, and the public.
There are two handouts about NCSTL ... The Database and Everything Else. There is an Introduction to NCSTL on YouTube.
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