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Ancestry DNA Information
This is a handy reference to the information used in a DNA ancestry test and the kind of DNA used
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DNA Ancestry and Criminal Investigation
Some criminal investigators are now mining DNA data collected through genealogy websites to solve criminal cold cases. This article states
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DNA Searches of Ancestry Data by Law Enforcement
This article addresses serious questions in DNA science, but gets the science completely wrong and indicates a much larger issue.
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Forensic Science – Fingerprint Comparison Reporting Guidelines
New updated information on fingerprint science and reporting results in courtrooms by the U.S. Department of Justice. Do not let
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Grand Jury Proceedings – Criminal Defense
Following are the some of the statutes related to the grand jury in Louisiana. If you face a grand jury
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Juvenile Justice – Criminal Defense
This is a very interesting article related to the criminal defense world, but also to humanity. We limit the age
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Bond Reform in Criminal Justice
The bond system, in its current state, is broken. Not only because people, on rare occasions, take ‘deals’ just to
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Forensic DNA Consultant – LSP Crime lab
There is a gross underestimate by criminal justice professionals of the impact on citizens when they are named as suspects.
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Voodoo Science
I have spent the better part of the past 5 years studying and increasing my knowledge in the forensic sciences.
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Public Defender Funding
This is a very interesting outcome in relation to the public defender crisis we are experiencing in Louisiana. We cannot
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Forensic Science Testing in “Making a Murderer”
The following is a very short article on a couple of forensic science issues in the “Making a Murderer” case.
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Criminal Justice Summit
Honored to be included in the Louisiana State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Summit today. This important conference brought together the
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Powdered Alcohol
News story in Baton Rouge… powdered alcohol DWI arrest…. This product was just approved by the FDA, and quite frankly
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Criminal Justice – Change in Evidence Rules
The Louisiana Legislature significantly changed the rules on criminal discovery last week by passing house bill 371. ‘Sea change’ is
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Criminal Defense of a Home Builder Theft Charge
Home builder theft case, very heavy on the discovery front. But a case that should be fought, it has been
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DNA Cold Case – 2nd Degree Murder Charge
Cold case investigators arrested a Baton Rouge woman Friday in the 2000 stabbing death of her business partner after DNA
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Criminal Defense of Forgery
Criminal Defense of a Forgery charge is a serious matter. The crime of Forgery is encompassed in the general Forgery
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3 Arrests in Donaldsonville Killing
A reading of this article in The Advocate brings up a lot of questions. The claim is that there was
Continue ReadingClandestine Meth Lab in Gonzales
If you didn’t think that Meth was a serious problem, look at this story! Trio is arrested in apartment and
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Employee Theft Charges
There are six types of employee theft: Most people know employee theft as embezzlement. Embezzlement falls under the category of
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DNA Expert Examination
I spent last week in Baton Rouge and had an opportunity to cross-examine a DNA expert in a rape case
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DWI Defense Seminar – Mastering Scientific Evidence
I am at a DWI Defense Seminar in New Orleans this week and weekend; constantly working on be as effective as possible
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License Plate Readers
I think this is a violation of a citizen’s right to privacy and should be stopped. It is clearly a violation of
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Baton Rouge DWI Checkpoint Attorney
The Baton Rouge Police conducted a DWI checkpoint in the 800 block Stanford Ave. on December 13, last Thursday night. A total
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Possession of Marijuana
This story is sad. All that talent and at the same time struggling with drug addiction. I hope this young
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