SUPERB PROGRAM ON EXPERT FORENSIC EVIDENCE AND WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS TO BE HELD IN TORONTO ON MAY 9; MAJOR EVENT; HEARTILY RECOMMENDED BY THIS BLOG;

The Osgoode Hall Law School has set up a superb program on expert forensic evidence in criminal proceedings and wrongful convictions to run in Toronto on Saturday May 9, 2009;

I plan to be there - and I enthusiastically recommend to anyone who wants to come to grip with wrongful convictions caused by flawed pathology and and flawed forensic "experts" such as Dr. Charles Randal Smith, a pediatric pathologist who is the inspiration of this Blog;

The program will provide an opportunity to hear many enlightened speakers including Justice Steven Goudge, who conducted a deeply probing public inquire into pediatric forensic pathology in Ontario - and the legendary Peter Neufeld, Co-Founder and Co-Director, of the Innocence Project;

Here are the basic details:

Title: Expert Forensic Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Avoiding Wrongful Convictions;

Date: Saturday, May 09, 2009, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Sponsors: The Centre for Forensic Science and Medicine, and Osgoode Hall Professional Development;

Location - MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario

Opportuntiy provided: To join a distinguished faculty of senior judges, Crowns, defence lawyers and forensic experts from a range of disciplines to expore:

Main topics to be explored:

0: The Steven Truscott Case and beyond: Lessons learned;
0:The importance of language in communicating and eliciting expert opinions;
0:Threshold reliability and admissibility of expert evidence;
0: After admissibility? Forensic scientific evidence in the Criminal trial and appeal;
0: Forensic evidence surrounding the living child;
0: Building an evidence-based report accounting for confirmation bias;
0:Keynote Speaker: The Honourable Justice Stephen Goudge, Court of Appeal for Ontario, Commissioner of the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario;
0: Special Guest Speaker: Peter Neufeld, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Innocence Project, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York City;

Registration Fee: $400.00 plus 5% GST;

Information: To inquire about group discounts, financial aid and CLE credits.
For group discount information, visit www.osgoodepd.ca;

To register: www.osgoodepd.ca, call: 416.597.9725 or e-mail: opd-registration@osgoode.yorku.ca;

More information: www.forensics.utoronto.ca/events/special.htm;

I hope to see you there!

Harold Levy...hlevy15@gmail.com;