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Crime lab memo release appealed by San Francisco District Attorney’s Office
One On 1 Profile: Public Defender Barry Scheck, DNA Testing Pioneer, Continues Work Through Innocence Project
Doubtful DNA handling puts convictions at risk: expert (Canberra, AU)
Fund could compensate Asheville men cleared of murder charges
Asheville man recounts fight to prove innocence
SBI analyst says Pittman’s DNA was found in victim
DNA Mixture Analysis – Is It Subjective or Objective?
DNA is often regarded as the gold standard of forensic science because of its purported objectivity, which makes it immune to subjectivity and bias. The National Academy of Sciences 2009 Report, Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward even concluded that “[w]ith the exception of nuclear DNA analysis, . . . no …
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Convicted Rapist’s DNA Mix Up Leads to Case Review (FL)
Wilcoxson, Davis show need to end executions
Mystery memo on DNA lab could be trouble for D.A. (San Francisco)
Judges exonerate two men in 2000 killing
Judges rule Asheville men convicted of murder are innocent
Update to “Freedom on the line for two North Carolina men”
A three-judge panel in Asheville ruled today that Kenneth Kagonyera and Robert Wilcoxson are innocent. The men who spent ten years in prison were exonerated by the judges’ ruling. This case which involved DNA testing that pointed to another suspect is the third case that has been heard by the N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission and the …
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Warning about SBI DNA Reports
By Mark Rabil Have you been given a report from the SBI Lab (now the State Crime Lab) that says the results of DNA testing are “inconclusive”? Well, you should not necessarily believe it. The Tamera Bean noncapital murder case that was tried in Asheboro this month is a case in point. Defense Attorney David …