ICSIA Conference 2018: Combating CSI Effect, Shoestring Budgets, and the American Sniper Murder

Communicating with jurors in light of the CSI effect is the subject of a talk by attorney Kathy Morante and Chad Gish, a Nashville detective. * The abilities and limitations of predicting physical features from DNA samples (phenotyping) will be the subject of a talk by Susan Walsh, of the Department...

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Published inForensic Magazine
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Rockaway Advantage Business Media 15.03.2018
Subjects
Criminal investigations
Evidence
Kyle, Chris
Latent fingerprints
Murder
Indiana
Indianapolis Indiana
Iraq
Nashville Tennessee
New Jersey
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ISSN1553-6262

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Summary:Communicating with jurors in light of the CSI effect is the subject of a talk by attorney Kathy Morante and Chad Gish, a Nashville detective. * The abilities and limitations of predicting physical features from DNA samples (phenotyping) will be the subject of a talk by Susan Walsh, of the Department of Biology and Forensic and Investigative Sciences at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. * The murder of Chris Kyle—known popularly as the “American Sniper” for his four tours as a marksman in Iraq—is the subject of an in-depth presentation by two veteran crime scene investigators. Howard J. Ryan and James P. Molinaro, who spent decades with the New Jersey State Police, will talk about the firearms and bloodstain evidence—and how it came together in reconstructing the crime for a jury. * Officer-involved shootings and in-custody deaths—and the forensic challenges they present—will be the subject of presentation by Ron Martinelli, a forensic criminologist. * Other workshops will also tackle recovery of latent fingerprints from particularly challenging surfaces, the fluid dynamics of dripping blood, and also a rundown of how alternative light sources can impact evidence collection and presentation.
ISSN:1553-6262