Justice and Science : Trials and Triumphs of DNA Evidence /

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Databases of both convicted offenders and no-suspect cases demonstrate the power of DNA testing to solve the unsolvable. George "Woody" Clarke is a leading authority in legal circles and among the news media because of his expertise in DNA evidence. In this memoir, Clarke chronicles his ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clarke, George (Autor)
Otros Autores: Reno, Janet (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2007]
Temas:
DNA fingerprinting > United States.
Forensic genetics > United States > California > San Diego County > United States.
Public prosecutors > Biography > California > San Diego County.
LAW / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Science in the Courtroom
  • Chapter One. The Scientist Becomes a Victim
  • Chapter Two. A New Prosecutor
  • Chapter Three. The Transition to DNA Evidence
  • Chapter Four. The Fight for Acceptance
  • Chapter Five. A Stranger Rapist and a Murderer: Early Success with DNA Evidence
  • Chapter Six. A Double-Edged Sword: DNA for and against the Prosecution
  • Chapter Seven. A Child and a Critical Nightshirt
  • Chapter Eight. DNA and a Football Hero Collide
  • Chapter Nine. Back Home in San Diego: An Unusual Rape Case
  • Chapter Ten. When a Match Is Not a Match
  • Chapter Eleven. Exonerations, Databases, and STRs
  • Chapter Twelve. A National Approach
  • Chapter Thirteen. The District Attorney's Office Searches for Innocence
  • Chapter Fourteen. DNA Takes to Television
  • Chapter Fifteen. The Tragic Case of a Small Child
  • Chapter Sixteen. A Cold-Hit DNA Match Solves an Old Crime
  • Chapter Seventeen. Helena Greenwood Revisited
  • Glossary
  • Index

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