Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
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.
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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