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Justice and science : trials and triumphs of DNA evidence /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clarke, George, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Clarke, George, > 1951-
Public prosecutors > California > San Diego County > Biography.
DNA fingerprinting > United States.
Forensic genetics > United States.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • The scientist becomes a victim
  • A new prosecutor
  • The transition to DNA evidence
  • The fight for acceptance
  • A stranger rapist and a murderer : early success with DNA evidence
  • A double-edged sword : DNA for and against the prosecution
  • A child and a critical nightshirt
  • DNA and a football hero collide
  • Back home in San Diego : an unusual rape case
  • When a match is not a match
  • Exonerations, databases, and STRs
  • A national approach
  • The district attorney's office searches for innocence
  • DNA takes to television
  • The tragic case of a small child
  • A cold-hit DNA match solves an old crime
  • Helena Greenwood revisited.