Posted on 11/14/2005 4:23:24 PM PST by Libloather
Judicial society announces Greensboro location
Michelle Cater Rash
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area - 3:09 PM EST Monday
The American Judicature Society formally announced Monday that its new Institute of Forensic Science and Public Policy will be coming to downtown Greensboro.
Close to 100 city leaders, attorneys and judges gathered in the former City Club on the top floor of the Jefferson Pilot building for the announcement.
The institute will be a think tank to look at forensic science standards for use by law enforcement agencies, attorneys and courts.
The institute will be advised by the society's Commission on Forensic Science and Public Policy, which is being co-chaired by former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, who was in town for the announcement.
"What we need to do is bring science and the law together so they can communicate and know each others languages," Reno said.
The society hopes the institute's research will help avoid wrongful convictions and find good uses for DNA and other scientific evidence.
To help woo the institute to Greensboro, $590,000 in cash incentives was put together by foundations, businesses and individuals. No public money was spent on the incentives.
Jefferson Pilot also agreed to give 7,000 square feet of space in the Bank of America building to the institute rent free for five years.
The institute will open within the first few weeks of 2006 and will employ 12 people by the end of 2007, said Allan Sobel, president of the judicature society. The jobs will be primarily in research and education.
Forensics are also good for identifying the burned bodies of women and children.
As a Greensboro native, I'm happy to see this institution coming to my hometown.
The goal of the institute sounds great. If politics can stay out of it I'm fine with JR's affiliation. Sounds like they will do more good for sure than the Carter Center.
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