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Richard Willing National Desk USA TODAY

Richard Willing National Desk USA TODAY Forensic Bioinformatics 4th Annual Conference The Science of DNA Profiling: A National Expert Forum August 12 - 14, 2005 University of Dayton School of Law Dayton, OH . DNA. Not Just For Hunters Anymore. DNA=DNR. 1991. `. 1999.

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Richard Willing National Desk USA TODAY

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  1. Richard Willing • National Desk • USA TODAY • Forensic Bioinformatics4th Annual ConferenceThe Science of DNA Profiling:A National Expert Forum August 12 - 14, 2005 University of Dayton School of LawDayton, OH

  2. DNA Not Just For Hunters Anymore

  3. DNA=DNR

  4. 1991

  5. `

  6. 1999

  7. Benjamin La Guer

  8. CSI `

  9. 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?

  10. 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.

  11. 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

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

  13. Kerry Max Cook

  14. Where To From Here? • Local exoneration cases • Crime labs not a finished story • NIJ funding • SNP-driven exotica • CODIS scrutiny

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

  16. One Happy Guy

  17. 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

  18.  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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