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Science for Judges: Unique Concerns in DNA Testing
October 16, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
JSI President Peggy Hora will be presenting at the 41st annual conference of the National Association of Women Judges with California Associate Justice Ming Chin. Their presentation is entitled:
Science for Judges: Unique Concerns in DNA Testing
From solving a cold case through familial database searches (like Ancestry.com), to exonerating the wrongfully convicted, to limiting damages in a civil trial, DNA evidence continues to receive attention from the news media because of its perceived power in our courtrooms. Learn about the latest trends in DNA collection and analysis. Understand some of the new technologies that are being used in forensic DNA laboratories. After this session you will be able to rule with greater precision on the admissibility of DNA genetic evidence.
