Saturday, September 26th, 2009 at
10:41 pm
In mid-2003, many states had postconviction DNA testing statutes, which typically allow testing when DNA evidence relating to a particular crime exists, and there is also a reasonable probability that the defendant would not have been convicted if DNA testing had been made available during his/her trial.
Friday, August 28th, 2009 at
8:18 pm
It's not unusual for unknown suspects to leave behind DNA evidence at crime scenes. Often it takes years for the DNA to be linked to a particular person, and it's often because the suspect in question has had encounters with the authorities in other cases and has submitted DNA samples. Will DNA testing eventually enable us to tell what the carrier of the DNA looks like, even if we can't put a name with the DNA?