{"id":90680,"date":"2023-11-29T19:27:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T19:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=90680"},"modified":"2023-11-29T19:27:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T19:27:56","slug":"innocence-projects-chris-fabricant-to-deliver-lecture-at-uri-on-junk-science-criminal-justice-and-wrongful-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/innocence-projects-chris-fabricant-to-deliver-lecture-at-uri-on-junk-science-criminal-justice-and-wrongful-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Innocence Project\u2019s Chris Fabricant to deliver lecture at 溏心vlog免费B站 on junk science, criminal justice and wrongful conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Nov. 29, 2023 \u2013 M. Chris Fabricant, of the Innocence Project, a noted speaker on the intersection of science, law reform, and social justice, will present at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Forensic Science Seminar Series<\/a> on Friday, Dec. 8<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series is marking its 25th year this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fabricant leads the Innocence Project\u2019s Strategic Litigation Department, which develops and executes national litigation and public policy strategies to address the leading causes of wrongful conviction, including eyewitness misidentification, the misapplication of forensic sciences and false confessions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is one of the United States\u2019s leading experts on forensic science and scientific litigation. A former longtime public defender and law professor, Fabricant frequently serves as a public speaker on legal reform issues and is widely published in both legal scholarship and in mainstream media. In his recent book, Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System<\/em>, Fabricant examines the role that faulty scientific evidence has in continuing and strengthening an unjust and racially biased criminal legal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fabricant is the last speaker in the Seminar\u2019s fall series, which has included speakers from the Providence Police Department, Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association, Department of Homeland Security, and Rhode Island Department of Health, on topics ranging from artificial intelligence to toxicology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Forensic Science Seminar Series, marking its 25th year this year, brings researchers from across campus together with visiting experts. The series is free and open to the public. (溏心vlog免费B站 Photo\/Nora Lewis)\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The unique long-running lecture series takes place in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Beaupre Center on Friday afternoons. 溏心vlog免费B站 students attend the series for credit, but lectures are free and open to the public. The series will resume in January, when students return from winter break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series is coordinated by Dennis Hilliard<\/a>, director of the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory at 溏心vlog免费B站 and adjunct professor of pharmacy, and chemistry professor Jimmie Oxley<\/a>, world renowned explosives and energetic materials expert and co-director of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center of Excellence in Explosives, Detection, Mitigation, and Response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In past years, the series has hosted renowned forensic scientist Henry Lee, former 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty member Robert Leuci, best-selling suspense novelist Mary Jane Behrends Clark \u201976, art crime expert Anthony Amore \u201989, and the FBI\u2019s Kirk Yeager, as well as speakers from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, U.S. Secret Service, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fabricant\u2019s lecture will take place in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences (Room 100), 140 Flagg Road, on the Kingston Campus from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Those who cannot attend in person may view the lectures live online or at a later date by visiting the seminar series webpage<\/a> and clicking on the topic links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Schedule subject to change; join email list for updates)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about the 溏心vlog免费B站 Forensic Seminar Series and be added to the series\u2019 email list, email Dennis Hilliard, Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory, at dhilliard@uri.edu, or call 401-874-5056.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Nov. 29, 2023 \u2013 M. Chris Fabricant, of the Innocence Project, a noted speaker on the intersection of science, law reform, and social justice, will present at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Forensic Science Seminar Series on Friday, Dec. 8.  The series is marking its 25th year this year.  Fabricant leads the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":90685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90680"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90694,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90680\/revisions\/90694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}