DNA profiling—commonly known as DNA fingerprinting—is often heralded as unassailable
criminal evidence, a veritable “truth machine” that can overturn convictions based on …

DNA profiling technology has limitless Orwellian possibilities, but the legal community is
presently focused on the technology's ability to identify criminal suspects. Although it usually …

" DNA typing--the analysis of a biological sample for a person's genetic signature--has led to
the unprecedented exoneration of hundreds of wrongfully convicted people. And every day …

In the mid-1980s, when the first DNA profiling techniques were developed, the name DNA
'fingerprinting'was widely used. At the time, fingerprinting was a well-established forensic …

This book provides an account of the development of forensic identification technologies
and the way in which this has impacted upon the legal system. It traces the advent of …

1999] DNA DATABANKS 769 lent crimes with a mere" flick of a computer switch." 2 But this
legislative and citizen love affair with crime fighting technology has led some observers to …

DNA fingerprinting, one of the great discoveries of the late 20th century, has revolutionized
forensic investigations. This review briefly recapitulates 30 years of progress in forensic DNA …

DNA identification methods are such an established part of our law enforcement and
criminal justice systems it is hard to believe that the technologies were developed as …

Sherlock Holmes said “it has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely
the most important”, but never imagined that such a little thing, the DNA molecule, could …

Matching DNA samples from crime scenes and suspects is rapidly becoming a key source of
evidence for use in our justice system. DNA Technology in Forensic Science offers …