Daily Archives: August 14, 2014

Program announced for ISHI 25

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ISHI ArizonaCelebrate 25 years of advances in DNA forensics at the International Symposium on Human Identification.
General session speakers include:
• John Douglas, author and FBI profiler
• Lutz Roewer, Institute of Legal Medicine & Forensic Science
• Mark Shriver, Pennsylvania State University
• Jeff Ashton, Orange County State Attorney’s Office
• Vanessa Lynch, DNA Project in South Africa
• Tamyra Moretti, FBI Laboratory
• John Butler, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Walther Parson, Institute of Legal Medicine
• Edward Green, University of California Santa Cruz
View the complete symposium agenda and the list of optional pre- and post-symposium workshops at: www.ishinews.com

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Alameda County working with FBI to analyze untested rape kits

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sexual assault kitsAlameda County is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to reduce the amount of untested forensic evidence of sexual assaults — commonly called rape kits — with $41 million set aside by the federal government to help local police departments and crime laboratories analyze untested rape kits.

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