Justice and Science : Trials and Triumphs of DNA Evidence / George Clarke.
2007
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Title
Justice and Science : Trials and Triumphs of DNA Evidence / George Clarke.
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New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2007]
Copyright
©2007
Description
1 online resource (224 p.)
Formatted Contents Note
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
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
Summary
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 experiences in some of the most disturbing and notorious sexual assault and murder court cases in California. He charts the beginnings of DNA testing in police investigations and the fight for its acceptance by courts and juries. He illustrates the power of science in cases he personally prosecuted or in which he assisted, including his work with the prosecution team in the trial of O. J. Simpson. Clarke also covers cases where DNA evidence was used to exonerate. He directed a special project in San Diego County, proactively examining over six hundred cases of defendants convicted and sentenced to prison before 1993, with the goal of finding instances in which DNA typing might add new evidence and then offered testing to those inmates. As Clarke tells the story of how he came to understand and use this new form of evidence, readers will develop a new appreciation for the role of science in the legal system.
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In English.
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