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Speaker 1: Crime Alaric hourly update Breaking Crime Needs Now. I'm Nicole Parton.

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Speaker 1: The judge presiding over the case against Rex Huerman, the

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Speaker 1: suspected Long Island serial killer, has announced a date to

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Speaker 1: determine if the prosecution's DNA evidence will be admissible, bringing

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Speaker 1: a lengthy hearing process to a close. State Supreme Court

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Speaker 1: Justice Timothy Mazia stated on Tuesday that he will deliver

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Speaker 1: his ruling on September three. He has granted defense attorneys

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Speaker 1: until August fifteen to submit their closing briefs, with prosecutors

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Speaker 1: expected to submit their final brief a week later. Huerman,

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Speaker 1: a sixty one year old man from Manhattan, has been

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Speaker 1: incarcerated since his arrest two years ago. He faces multiple

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Speaker 1: charges of first and second degree murder for the deaths

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Speaker 1: of seven women between nineteen ninety three and twenty ten.

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Speaker 1: He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The DNA

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Speaker 1: evidence in question involves a specific genome sequencing technique developed

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Speaker 1: by a California Bay firm that allegedly links Huremann to

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Speaker 1: six of the murders. The defense argues that this novel

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Speaker 1: technique does not satisfy the quote general acceptance standard required

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Speaker 1: in New York Courts defense attorney Michael Brown commented outside

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Speaker 1: the court on Tuesday, we anticipate a decision on September

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Speaker 1: three that will determine if the court views this technique

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Speaker 1: as generally accepted in the relevant scientific community. If the

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Speaker 1: judge allows this evidence to be presented at trial, we

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Speaker 1: will still have the chance to cross examine the witness

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Speaker 1: and address the same issues during the trial. Brown emphasized

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Speaker 1: the novelty of the technique, saying it hasn't been utilized

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Speaker 1: in court across the country except in Idaho, which follows

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Speaker 1: a much different and less rigorous standard. If the judge

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Speaker 1: admits it, then so be it, but we hope he

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Speaker 1: aligns with our stance. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tyranny

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Speaker 1: has refrained from commenting on the specifics of the DNA methodology. However,

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Speaker 1: prosecutors have provided evidence suggesting that the techniques employed by

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Speaker 1: Astraya Forensics are gaining traction. During earlier hearings, genetics experts

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Speaker 1: said the company's methodologies are usable. It's concerning that our

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Speaker 1: criminal justice system did not adopt such advanced methods years ago,

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Speaker 1: testified Harris, an associate professor of Genome Sciences at the

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Speaker 1: University of Washington. In March, Kelly Harris, a Population Genesis,

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Speaker 1: described astray as forensic software as quote an elegant and

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Speaker 1: powerful tool, asserting that its results are broadly accepted in

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Speaker 1: the scientific community. Brown indicated that he expects the case

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Speaker 1: to proceed to trial regardless of Justice Moziah's ruling on

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Speaker 1: the DNA evidence. Additionally, the defense has filed a motion

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Speaker 1: to separate the cases, with Brown anticipating a decision on

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Speaker 1: this motion following the ruling on the DNA evidence. Hureman

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Speaker 1: is charged with the murders of Melissa Barthelemy Marine, brainerd Barnes,

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Speaker 1: Amber Lynn Costello, Sandra Castilla, Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor, and

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Speaker 1: Megan Waterman. What Crimate Justice News after this and now

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Speaker 1: to Tennessee, where a former athletic trainer for the Sequatchee

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Speaker 1: County Schools is facing serious allegations involving child sexual exploitation

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Speaker 1: and bestiality. According to an affidavit obtained by Local three News,

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Speaker 1: Donald Oliver consented to an investigator downloading data from his

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Speaker 1: phone as part of a forensic examination. Upon further investigation,

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Speaker 1: numerous disturbing images were discovered, including animated child pornography, photographs

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Speaker 1: of Oliver engaging in sexual acts with a dog, and

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Speaker 1: various images depicting adults in sexual activities with livestock. Oliver

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Speaker 1: has been charged with the follow bowing offenses, sexual exploitation

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Speaker 1: of a minor, and the sexual activities with animals. So

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Speaker 1: Quatchi County Schools released a statement to the community expressing

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Speaker 1: gratitude to those who reported the situation. Quote, we appreciate

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Speaker 1: those who came forward with this issue. The safety and

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Speaker 1: wellbeing of our students remains our top priority. Additionally, that

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Speaker 1: former employee is under investigation by the Department of Children's

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Speaker 1: Services and local authorities following allegations of inappropriate online interactions

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Speaker 1: with a student. Police are encouraging any other victims to

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Speaker 1: please come forward. For the latest crime and justice news,

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