DNA exonerations occur when a person who had previously been found guilty or even pled guilty to a crime is cleared of the offense because of DNA evidence. This could be someone else’s DNA found on the crime scene, implicating another suspect, or an absence of the original suspect’s DNA. When it comes to evidence, [...]
Over the past several years, we’ve heard about DNA databases designed to keep tabs on convicted criminals. These databases are designed to catalog the identifying information to potentially help solve future crimes. But some in the criminal justice world think that the same sort of cataloging should be done on police officers. Understandably, many officers [...]
Only a year after the Supreme Court’s controversial Melendez-Diaz decision, court watchers are awaiting possible revisions to that decision.
by admin on August 19, 2009
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A new article in the New York Times outlines how comparatively easy it is to falsify DNA evidence in criminal cases.