Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases
Current scientific and social factors in homicide trials
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In your criminal law practice, the stakes are highest when homicide is the charge: one life’s been lost. Another may face the strictest sentencing our legal system can impose. No matter which side of the counsel table you hail from—prosecution or defense—this program amps up your awareness of the most determining scientific and social factors in homicide trial. Our panel brings you current on what’s happening in Massachusetts’ courts on both fronts. They present cresting case law, discuss Rule 17, address the issue of reducing verdicts, and look at technology options in the courtroom. The program provides news you can use from the DNA analysis frontier and has a panel discussion around race issues in jury empanelment, featuring Chief Justice Kimberly Budd!You come away from this course savvier, more aware, and more knowledgeable. Raise your homicide practice to a higher level.
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Agenda & Materials
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9:30 am - 9:33 am
Welcome and Introduction
on demand video Add to CartDebra DeWitt-Ahern, Esq., Ahern Law Offices , Lowell
Suzanne Wiseman, Esq., Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Woburn
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9:33 am - 10:23 am
Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases: Cyber
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10:23 am - 11:13 am
Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases: Search Warrants and Rule 17s
on demand video Add to CartJanice Bassil, Esq., Law Offices of Janice Bassil , Boston
Jamie Charles, Esq., Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Woburn
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11:13 am - 11:30 am
Break
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11:30 am - 12:11 pm
Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases: Reducing Verdicts
on demand video Add to CartTara B. Burdman, Esq., Bristol District Attorney's Office , Fall River
Daniel E. Callahan, III, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Lowell
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12:11 pm - 1:07 pm
Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases: Advanced DNA Issues
on demand video Add to CartAmy Barber, Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory , Maynard
Ira L. Gant, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Brockton
Adrienne C. Lynch, Esq., Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Woburn
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1:07 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch
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2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases: Courtroom Technology
on demand video Add to CartBrian J. Carney, Esq., WIN Interactive, Inc. , Rockland
Robert Smith, TechSmart Solutions LLC , Forestdale
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3:00 pm - 3:10 pm
Break
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3:10 pm - 4:15 pm
Race in Jury Empanelment
on demand video Add to CartHon. Kimberly S. Budd, Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
Austin C. Tzeng, Esq., Law Office of Austin C. Tzeng , Quincy
Nanzella Whitfield, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Boston
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