National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence

P R O C E E D I N G S
Sunday, July 9, 2000

Remarks by the Chair
The Honorable Shirley S. Abrahamson
Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court

COMMISSIONER ABRAHAMSON: Good afternoon and welcome to Washington, D.C. to our next to the last, I believe, session; and as usual, we will begin by each of us introducing ourselves. I am Shirley Abrahamson, the Chair of the commission.

Superintendent Hillard?

MR. HILLARD: Terry Hillard, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department.

MR. CLARKE: George Clarke, Deputy District Attorney, San Diego.

MR. WOOLEY: Jim Wooley, formerly Department of Justice, recently the law firm of Baker and Hostetler.

MR. ADAMS: Dwight Adams, Deputy Assistant Director, FBI Laboratory.

MR. THOMA: Jeff Thoma, Public Defender for Mendocino County, California.

MR. REINSTEIN: Ron Reinstein, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona.

MR. SCHECK: Barry Scheck, Cardozo Law School, New York City.

MS. BASHINSKI: Jan Bashinski, Chief of the Bureau of Forensic Services, California Department of Justice.

MR. GAHN: Norm Gahn, Assistant District Attorney, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

MR. FERRARA: Paul Ferrara, Director of Virginia Division of Forensic Science.

MS. TURMAN: Kathryn Turman, Director, Office for Victims of Crime, Department of Justice.

MR. CROW: James Crow, University of Wisconsin.

MR. ASPLEN: Chris Asplen, Executive Director of the commission.

COMMISSIONER ABRAHAMSON: Chief Gainer?

MR. GAINER: Terry Gainer, Assistant Chief of Police, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C.

COMMISSIONER ABRAHAMSON: And our host.

We will begin the session with Chris Asplen, who will give us an update on commission business including today's meeting and November too.



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