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. 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.

Agenda & Materials

• 9:30 am - 9:33 am

  Welcome and Introduction

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  Debra DeWitt-Ahern, Esq., Ahern Law Offices , Lowell
  Suzanne Wiseman, Esq., Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Woburn
  
• 9:33 am - 10:23 am

  Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases: Cyber

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  Christopher W. Kelly, Esq., Office of the Attorney General, Digital Evidence Laboratory, Commonwealth of MA , Boston
  
• 10:23 am - 11:13 am

  Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases: Search Warrants and Rule 17s

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  Janice Bassil, Esq., Law Offices of Janice Bassil , Boston
  Jamie Charles, Esq., Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Woburn
  
• 11:13 am - 11:30 am

  Break
• 11:30 am - 12:11 pm

  Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases: Reducing Verdicts

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  Tara B. Burdman, Esq., Bristol District Attorney's Office , Fall River
  Daniel E. Callahan, III, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Lowell
  
• 12:11 pm - 1:07 pm

  Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases: Advanced DNA Issues

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  Amy 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
  
• 1:07 pm - 2:00 pm

  Lunch
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

  Prosecuting & Defending Homicide Cases: Courtroom Technology

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  Brian J. Carney, Esq., WIN Interactive, Inc. , Rockland
  Robert Smith, TechSmart Solutions LLC , Forestdale
  
• 3:00 pm - 3:10 pm

  Break
• 3:10 pm - 4:15 pm

  Race in Jury Empanelment

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  Hon. 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
  

Please Note

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.

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