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NIJ Study of Near Misses and Wrongful Convictions
The National Institute of Justice recently released their study Predicting Erroneous Convictions which examines why some innocent people are wrongfully convicted while others are acquitted, using a case comparison method rather than a traditional “case study” method. Researchers at American University who compared a group of 260 cases that occurred between 1980 and 2012 where …
Timeline of DNA Analysis in North Carolina
This 2013 document traces the development of forensic DNA analysis and its use by the NC State Crime Lab. It attempts to identify what technologies were available at what time. Information about the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Crime Laboratory is not included.
Independent audit affirms high standards for State Crime Lab’s DNA work
Touch DNA: From the Crime Scene to the Crime Laboratory
D.C. rape conviction reversed over testimony about DNA evidence
Md. Senate votes to keep DNA collection on arrests (MD)
Life Tech to distribute rapid DNA tester
The Dark Side of DNA Evidence
New DNA testing could take hours, not weeks
Pre-trial DNA testing makes sense (TX)
Cold-case prosecutors seek DNA from dead California inmates
BBC Knowledge Explainer DNA
Here is a 3-minute video that explains the basics of DNA’s form and function. It’s part of the BBC’s online Explainer documentary series. Though the focus of this short animated film is not forensic DNA analysis, it gives important information that attorneys or jurors need to understand before attempting to understand forensic DNA analysis. Attorneys …
Thousands of cases compromised due to faulty forensic analysis
In recent months, faulty forensic analysis has been exposed in several labs across the country. The failure of a handful of lab analysts to correctly perform forensic analysis has compromised thousands of cases. In each situation the failures are different, but they expose a lack of oversight of analyst performance in the affected labs. The …
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