The Criminal Defense Association of Michigan will present “Junk Science - How to Defend an Arson Case” on Friday, September 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. in person at the Macomb Office of Public Defender, 22 Market in Mt. Clemens, and online via Zoom.
Presenting the program will be Marc Fennell, an International Association of Arson Investigators Certified Fire Investigator (IAAI-CFI).
Attendees will develop an appreciation for effective use, benefits and limitations of defensive strategies including the preparation for trial, questioning a public fire investigator on the stand, fire investigative compliance with NFPA 921 and using NFPA 1033 against the fire investigator.
Those who attend in person or online will learn how to:
• Define proper techniques involving arguments and how they are applied to criminal defense issues arising from an inadequate fire investigation and using negative corpus to support an arson case.
• Compare and contrast the proper and incorrect techniques used in preparation of testimony questioning.
• Describe the raw data to be developed during the fire investigation and used during testimony against the public fire investigator.
• Identify NFPA/ASTM standards/guidelines and standard of care relevant to fire investigations.
• Learn the basic steps and process of investigating an arson fire.
Cost for the program is $80 for CDAM members and $100 non-members. To register, visit https://cdam.wildapricot.org.
Presenting the program will be Marc Fennell, an International Association of Arson Investigators Certified Fire Investigator (IAAI-CFI).
Attendees will develop an appreciation for effective use, benefits and limitations of defensive strategies including the preparation for trial, questioning a public fire investigator on the stand, fire investigative compliance with NFPA 921 and using NFPA 1033 against the fire investigator.
Those who attend in person or online will learn how to:
• Define proper techniques involving arguments and how they are applied to criminal defense issues arising from an inadequate fire investigation and using negative corpus to support an arson case.
• Compare and contrast the proper and incorrect techniques used in preparation of testimony questioning.
• Describe the raw data to be developed during the fire investigation and used during testimony against the public fire investigator.
• Identify NFPA/ASTM standards/guidelines and standard of care relevant to fire investigations.
• Learn the basic steps and process of investigating an arson fire.
Cost for the program is $80 for CDAM members and $100 non-members. To register, visit https://cdam.wildapricot.org.
