Flawed Forensics and Innocence
All events will be held in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom unless noted otherwise.
March 3
5:00 p.m. – Registration - Lobby
6:00 p.m. – Welcome Dinner for Panelists - Event Hall
7:00 p.m. – Symposium Introduction: Featuring Dr. Ron Uscinski
7:30 p.m. – Documentary Screening of The Syndrome
March 47:00 a.m.– Registration & Breakfast - Lobby
8:00 a.m. – Panel 1: True Injustice: A Discussion of Wrongful Convictions
9:15 a.m. – Break
9:30 a.m. – Panel 2: The Science of Forensic Evidence: Use and Abuse in the Courtroom
10:45 a.m. – Break
11:00 a.m. – Panel 3: Crime Labs, the FBI, and Federal Oversight of Forensics
12:15 p.m. – Lunch Break. Lunch is provided for presenters in the Event Hall
1:15 p.m. – Keynote, Radley Balko: "Fixing Forensics: Why It's Urgent, and How We Do It"
2:15 p.m. – Break
2:30 p.m. – Panel 4: Litigating Change in Science: Shaken Baby Syndrome and Arson
3:45 p.m. – Break
4:00 p.m. – Panel 5: Disclosure and Reliability: Forensic Evidence in Pre-Trial and Post-Conviction Proceedings
5:15 p.m. – Closing Remarks
