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Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases

Understanding DNA, record impoundment, and racial bias

  • Product Number: 2200123P01
  • CLE Credits, earn up to:
    6 substantive credits, 0 ethics credits CLE Credit Note
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    Product Description

    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. Those stakes are even higher when key evidence hangs in twisted strands that need processing at a complex molecular level. And the complexity doesn’t stop there— you also have to contend with the implicit biases of witnesses and members of the jury who may be viewing the evidence through the lens of race.

    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 gets you current on what’s happening in Massachusetts’ courts on both fronts. They present cresting case law, developments in post-conviction motions for access to forensic and scientific analysis, latest lessons from the Innocence Program, and news you can use from the DNA analysis frontier. You come away from this course savvier, more aware, and more knowledgeable.

    Raise your homicide practice to a higher level.

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    MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal. There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only. They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.

  • Faculty

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    Nicole L. Allain, Esq., Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
    Denise M. Regan, Esq., Law Office of Christopher Burke, Lynn

    Faculty

    Sara Concannon DeSimone, Esq., Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
    Sharon M. Convery Walsh, Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory, Maynard
    Ira L. Gant, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Brockton
    Hon. Marguerite T. Grant, Appeals Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
    Lisa M. Kavanaugh, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Somerville
    Victoria Kelleher, Esq., Law Office of Victoria Kelleher, Boston
    Masai-Maliek King, Esq., State Street, Boston
    Jessica Langsam, Esq., Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
    Patrick Levin, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston
    Adrienne C. Lynch, Esq., Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
    Casey E. Silvia, Esq., Appeals Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
    Nanzella Whitfield, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston
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