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Previewing Flawed Forensic Science Week

Next week for several days, the big criminal justice news in Austin will revolve around flawed forensic science:The Todd Willingham posthumous court of inquiry next week will be held in Judge Charlie Baird's court October 6-7, next Wednesday and Thursday. Concurrently, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Forensic Science Seminar will be held on the 7-8, or Thursday and Friday. I know I'm not the only person wondering how to split my time on Thursday, wondering where all the cool kids will be. :)In preparation what we'll call, for lack of a better name, Flawed Forensic Science Week, I'm listening to some of the video from the Senate Criminal Justice Committee's September 7 hearing on forensic science, the first topic up that day, featuring Harris County DA Pat Lykos pleading for state funds to create a first-class regional crime lab in Houston (as opposed to the noble but overworked second class lab we have now, was always the implication)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 01, 2010 (boomark / email).