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Richard Willing National Desk USA TODAY National Conference on Science, Technology and the Law

Richard Willing National Desk USA TODAY National Conference on Science, Technology and the Law St. Petersburg, Fla. Sept 12, 2005. DNA. Not Just For Hunters Anymore. DNA=DNR. 1991. `. 1999. Benjamin La Guer. CSI. `. The CSI Effect— EGs.

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Richard Willing National Desk USA TODAY National Conference on Science, Technology and the Law

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  1. Richard Willing • National Desk • USA TODAY • National Conference on Science, • Technology and the Law • St. Petersburg, Fla. • Sept 12, 2005

  2. DNA Not Just For Hunters Anymore

  3. DNA=DNR

  4. 1991

  5. `

  6. 1999

  7. Benjamin La Guer

  8. CSI `

  9. The CSI Effect—EGs • Texas 2003- The Case of the Missing Noggin • Arizona, California and Illinois—”Negative Evidence Witnesses” • Massachusetts- Voir Dire Via Nielsen Rating • Delaware 2003- The DNA Jury Project

  10. Questions For Reporters • What’s a Match? • How Was Probability Computed? • For Defense: Discovery? And what it shows- unreported contributors, allelic dropout, poor mixture separation. • On Appeal: What’s law on post-conviction testing? What was theory of crime? And theory of defense? How would post-conviction testing fit it?

  11. Page 3AFeb 8, 2000 • DNA mismatch found- A British database made a ‘mindblowing’mistake by linking an innocentman to a burglary. The resultcould be a spate of new appeals.

  12. What’s A Mismatch • UNITED KINGDOM • FSS • Burglary • Autumn 1999 • 12 allele, six locus match • 660,000 offender samples searched • Random match probability= 1/37million

  13. What’s “Exoneration?” • Legal versus • Factual versus • Metaphysical • Innocence!!!

  14. Kerry Max Cook

  15. What I learned on “CSI” • Hotel Bed Sheets Are Nasty • Visit A Dentist At Least Once • Don’t Make Your Girl Friend Angry

  16. Where To From Here • You tell me….

  17. One Happy Guy

  18. DNA RESOURCES •  BOOKS: • “Abraham Lincoln’s DNA and Other Adventures in Genetics.” Philip R. Reilly, 2002. •  ARTICLES: • “DNA: If the test is irrefutable, why doesn’t it always work?” Peter Boyer. The New Yorker. 1/17/2000. • “DNA testing fails to live up to potential.” Richard Willing. USA TODAY. 10/7/02. • “Think DNA evidence is foolproof? Try again.” Adam Liptak. NY Times. 3/16/03. • “Evaluating forensic DNA evidence.” Thompson, Ford, Doom, Raymer and Krane. The Champion. April 2003. May 2003

  19.  SITES: • Dnaresource.com. -- weekly news summary • Fbi.gov/hq/lab/codis/index1.htm. -- govt database figures • Innocenceproject.org-- see esp “DNA news” by Judge Peter McQuillan •  REPORTS:  • National DNA Forensic Study Report. Ojp.usdoj.gov/nij. 2004. crime lab backlog survey • What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence. National Institute of Justice. 2000 • The Future of Forensic DNA Testing. National Institute of Justice. 2004.

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