DNA Makes Cops Ignore the Real Evidence, and Chase Shadows
For 16 years, German police have been hunting a fiendish serial killer. Every time they have an unsolved crime, the DNA of an unknown woman has been found at the scene. This phantom killer baffled...
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Defense to Win All Remaining Supreme Court Cases
With only two more decision dates remaining in this Supreme Court term, we’ve got our eyes on four criminal cases yet to be decided. Either next Monday (June 22) or the following Monday (June 29), we...
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DNA Evidence: Good Science, Bad Results
A couple of weeks ago, we taught another CLE course for the good folks at West Legal Ed Center, in our “Hope for Hopeless Cases” series. This one was on ways to defend cases where the government is...
View ArticleComing Soon: Full-Genome DNA Analysis
This is amazing. Sequencing an entire human genome is now going to be cheap and fast. We predict this will be a game-changing technology for the use of DNA technology. Right now, DNA evidence is...
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Bacterial Fingerprinting? Don’t Hold Your Breath
Over the past couple of days, the news has been filled with stories about using microbes to identify suspects. Everyone has all kinds of bacteria all over their bodies, of course, and whenever you...
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Taking DNA Samples at Arrest? Not a Problem.
On May 8, 2005, we were having a party. It was our birthday, and our firstborn had just turned 1 a few days before, so it called for a big celebration with friends and family. For us, it was a time...
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