{"id":2576,"date":"2013-07-03T09:01:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T13:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2013-07-03T09:01:36","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T13:01:36","slug":"senate-committee-hearing-from-the-lab-bench-to-the-courtroom-advancing-the-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/uncategorized\/senate-committee-hearing-from-the-lab-bench-to-the-courtroom-advancing-the-science","title":{"rendered":"Senate Committee hearing: From the Lab Bench to the Courtroom: Advancing the Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On\u00a0Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 2:30 PM\u00a0Eastern Time, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will be holding a hearing titled: From the Lab Bench to the Courtroom: Advancing the Science.\u00a0The hearing will focus on the need to\u00a0advance\u00a0forensic research and standards, the challenges faced by the forensic science community, and the need for federal legislation in addressing these issues.<\/p>\n<p>Panel Members include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dr. Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nChief Executive Officer<br \/>\nNetherlands Forensic Institute<\/li>\n<li><b>Mr. Michael Bromwich\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nManaging Principal, The Bromwich Group LLC; Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP<br \/>\nFormer Inspector General, Department of Justice<\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Gregory Schmunk\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nPresident, National Association of Medical Examiners<br \/>\nChief Medical Examiner, Polk County, IA<\/li>\n<li><b>Ms. Jill Spriggs\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nSecretary, Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations<br \/>\nLaboratory Director, Office of the District Attorney, Sacramento County, CA, Laboratory of Forensic Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The link to the website is as follows:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?p=Hearings&amp;ContentRecord_id=f0921154-2c02-456e-a40a-7bfa6cb417d0&amp;ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&amp;Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?p=Hearings&amp;ContentRecord_id=f0921154-2c02-456e-a40a-7bfa6cb417d0&amp;ContentType_id=14f995b9-dfa5-407a-9d35-56cc7152a7ed&amp;Group_id=b06c39af-e033-4cba-9221-de668ca1978a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On\u00a0Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 2:30 PM\u00a0Eastern Time, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will be holding a hearing titled: From the Lab Bench to the Courtroom: Advancing the Science.\u00a0The hearing will focus on the need to\u00a0advance\u00a0forensic research and standards, the challenges faced by the forensic science community, and the need for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}