Tuesday’s Quick Clicks…

Posted on April 30, 2013 by | 1 Comment
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  • The legislature in the state of Washington has approved a measure that allows people who were wrongfully convicted to receive a minimum of $50,000 a year for each year they were behind bars. The House on Monday unanimously concurred with changes made by the Senate last week when that chamber unanimously passed the bill. It now heads to Gov. Jay Inslee, who is expected to sign it into law, and Washington will join 27 states, the District of Columbia and the federal government with similar laws on the books.
  • Dr. Greg Hampikian, director of the Idaho Innocence Project, has developed a tool to help prevent DNA contamination in labs
  • Article about confirmation bias in the forensic sciences
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