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NOT FOR RELEASE - FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1999

(202) 514-2007

WWW.USDOJ.GOV

TDD (202) 514-1888


ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY GENERAL RAYMOND C. FISHER

TO RECEIVE TWO REPORTS FROM THE NATIONAL COMMISSION
ON THE FUTURE OF DNA EVIDENCE


WASHINGTON, D.C. - Associate Attorney General Raymond C. Fisher will address the seventh meeting of the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence on Monday, September 27, 1999, from 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. The Associate Attorney General will receive two reports from the Commission:

Postconviction DNA Testing: Recommendations for Handling Requests; and What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence.

WHEN: Monday, September 27, 1999

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building International

Trade Center

The Polaris Conference Center, Concourse Level

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

Interested members of the press may arrive as early as 8:30 a.m. to the Pennsylvania Street entrance of the Ronald Reagan Building. Please follow signs to the Polaris Conference Center on the Concourse Level, which is the lower level. All press must register on site with Kara Peterman of the Office of Public Affairs for Fisher's address. The meeting of the Commission is a two-day event: from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 26 and 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. on Monday, September 27. Press may attend both sessions, and can arrive one-half hour early each day for set-up. For questions about the two-day meeting, call the Office of Justice Programs, (202) 307-0703.

NOTE: This information is for planning purposes only and may not be released or distributed.

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