Forensic Science, Technology and the Courts

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Forensic Science, Technology and the Courts

Listen Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. in Law, Science, Tech Tuesday, Technology

They're the building blocks of our criminal justice system: little pieces of evidence like fingerprints, hair and DNA samples. But a new report cites serious flaws in how this evidence is most commonly collected, analyzed and interpreted by law enforcers. Tech Tuesday explores the capabilities and limitations of forensic science, and how new technologies are likely to affect the rule of law.

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Guests

Margaret Berger

Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School; member, Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community, National Research Council

David L. Faigman

Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law; and author, "Laboratory of Justice: The Supreme Court's 200-Year Struggle to Integrate Science and the Law" (Owl Books)

Peter Marone

Director, Department of Forensic Science, Commonwealth of Virginia

Stephen B. Mercer

Defense attorney in private practice, and an Adjunct Professor at the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia

John McCarthy

State's Attorney, Montgomery County, Maryland (D)

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