Forensic Science: The Nexus of Science and the Law

Organized by Stephen E. Fienberg, Margaret A. Berger, David Donoho,
Donald Kennedy, Roger Kahn, and Douglas H. Ubelaker
National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington, DC
November 16-18, 2005

Conference Overview

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Session I: Scientific Evidence and the Law Chair: Stephen E. Fienberg (Carnegie Mellon University) Discussion Margaret Berger, Brooklyn Law School	Presentation Speaker's Website
Discussion Ronald L. Singer, Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office	Presentation Speaker's Website
Session III: DNA Fingerprinting and Related Genomics Advances: From the Laboratory to the Crime Science to the Courts II Chair: Margaret Berger, Brooklyn Law School Bruce Budowle, FBI Laboratory Testing of DNA for Forensic Use: Protocols, Quality Assurance, Training and Accreditation Issues	Presentation
Session IV: Expert Scientific Evidence and Testimony Chair: David Donoho, Stanford University Elizabeth Loftus, University of California, Irvine Illusions of Memory and Loss of Justice	Presentation Speaker’s Website
Richard L. Garwin, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Synchronization of the Acoustic Evidence in the Assassination of President Kennedy	Presentation Speaker’s Website
Session VII: Emerging Areas of Forensic Science Chair: Douglas H. Ubelaker, Smithsonian Institute Thomas L. Bohan, MTC Forensics New Approaches to Forensic Issues in Engineering Sciences	Presentation Speaker’s Website