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WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today announced the creation of a Senior Executive Service (SES) position to lead the forensic science efforts at its world renowned National Laboratory Center (NLC), within the Office of Science and Technology (OST). Gregory P. Czarnopys, deputy director, ATF Laboratory Services, assumes the title of deputy assistant director, Forensic Services, where he will continue to direct ATF's forensic science laboratories in Atlanta, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., and oversee the Fire Research Laboratory. Along with these duties, Czarnopys will be responsible for ATF's financial investigative services, which conduct forensic audits in support of ATF investigations. The NLC was...
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By Joseph White
The Associated Press
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RICHMOND, Va. - The forensic scientist cut off the tip of a cotton swab and taped it to a lab sheet next to a snippet of stained clothing.
Always save a piece of what you test, Mary Jane Burton instructed her watchful trainee.
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Last summer, Rickey Henry was arrested for a crime he didn't commit.
Henry was charged with robbing a Wheeling bank, after a witness mistakenly identified him from police photos.
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A New York court on Thursday left open the door for an award of death benefits to the wife of a state forensic expert who committed suicide in the wake of a workplace investigation.
For 31 years, Gary Veeder worked as a forensic scientist for the New York State Police Department. In April 2008, an audit performed at the laboratory where Veeder worked uncovered problems with fiber proficiency tests.
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A veteran police forensic scientist became teary-eyed yesterday when testifying about the brutal killing of three children whose throats were slashed last year in their apartment.
The scientist, Salvatore J. Bianca, said he was dispassionate and unemotional at the crime scene and while working in the police lab, but he had trouble maintaining his composure in court.
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TAKES FIVE JEFFREY JENTZEN
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Kay Sweeney, a forensic scientist, was the first witness to testify today for the defense of Michael R. Spencer, who is charged with first-degree murder of his girlfriend and mother of their two children.
Sweeney said his 50-hour investigation, finished in June, led him to conclude that a single bullet caused the seven wounds that led to the death of Rebecca S. Tatum.
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WASHINGTON - A needle stored with a beer can appeared to contain an extremely tiny amount of Roger Clemens' DNA, which turned out to be good news and bad news for both sides in the perjury trial of the seven-time Cy Young Award winner.
A forensic scientist on Friday linked Clemens to cotton balls and a syringe needle saved from an alleged steroids injection 11 years ago. His testimony, laced with statistics and probabilities, was one of the last pieces of the government's case in its effort to prove that the pitcher lied to Congress in 2008 when he denied using performance-enhancing substances.
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Public Defender [Earl Witter] told The Weekly Gleaner that his office sought Professor [Derrick Pounder]'s expertise, due to the sensitive nature of the case.
Pounder said the four were killed in a 'controlled way', contradicting the police account which said they lost their lives in a gunfight.
Mr. Witter said his office paid for Professor Pounder's expenses through funds from the Public Defender's Commission.