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Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court

Framework for Considering Cases

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A Framework for Considering Postconviction DNA Cases

The extraordinary power of DNA typing techniques has led persons convicted of crimes - often decades earlier - to seek testing to corroborate claims of innocence. The nature of the case and biological evidence that remains available for analysis can dramatically affect the resolution of such assertions.

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