National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence

P R O C E E D I N G S

Meeting V

Hilton Hotel
Santa Fe, New Mexico
May 7 & 8, 1999

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FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1999

9:00 - 9:10Remarks by the Chair
The Honorable Shirley S. Abrahamson
Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
9:10 - 9:30Update on Commission Business
Chris Asplen
Executive Director
9:30 - 10:30Professor George Trubow
Director, Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law
The John Marshall Law School
10:30 - 10:45Break
10:45 - 12:15Legal Issues Working Group Report and Discussion
Professor Michael Smith, Chair
Professor David Kaye, Reporter
12:00 -12:30Postconviction Issues Working Group Report
Judge Ronald Reinstein, Chair
Professor Margaret Berger, Reporter
12:30 - 2:00Working Lunch
David Coffman
Supervisor, Florida DNA Investigative Support Database
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2:00 - 3:15Crime Scene Investigation Working Group Report
Director Asplen
3:15 - 3:30Break
3:30 - 5:00Research and Development Working Group Report and Discussion
Dr. James Crow, Chair

SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1999

9:00 - 9:30Continued Discussion (wrap-up miscellaneous items)
9:30 -10:15Laboratory Funding Working Group Report and Discussion
George W. Clarke, Working Group Member
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10:15 - 11:30Dr. Pam Collins
Dr. Kathryn Scarborough

Eastern Kentucky University
Internet/CD-ROM Training for Law Enforcement Officers
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11:30 -11:45Public Comment



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