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unusual facts about DNA evidence



Kaufman Report

The The Commission on Proceedings Involving Guy Paul Morin, commonly known as the Kaufman Report, was created to address the wrongful conviction in 1992 of Guy Paul Morin for murdering Christine Jessop on October 3, 1984 for which he was exonerated by DNA evidence on January 23, 1995.

Memories of Murder

Finally, when yet another murder is committed and DNA evidence sent for processing in the United States comes back inconclusive, Seo's frustrations flow over and he snaps.


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2013 in archaeology

February 4 - DNA evidence confirms that bones found in 2012 at the site of Greyfriars, Leicester, are those of King Richard III of England.

Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act

Establishes a national database which will incorporate the use of DNA evidence collection and DNA registry and tracking of convicted sex offenders with Global Positioning System technology.

Aimee Willard

With DNA evidence, her killer was identified as ex-convict Arthur Bomar, who was charged with and convicted of her murder.

Appellate procedure in the United States

The typical scenario involves an incarcerated defendant locating DNA evidence demonstrating the defendant's actual innocence.

Assassination of Rafic Hariri

On 18 December 2006, a progress report by former head of the investigation, Serge Brammertz, indicated that DNA evidence collected from the crime scene suggests that the assassination might be the act of a young male suicide bomber.

Bernardo Provenzano

DNA evidence subsequently confirmed his presence at the surgery in question.

Cleomaceae

These genera were previously included in the family Capparaceae, but were raised to a distinct family when DNA evidence suggested that the genera included in it are more closely related to Brassicaceae than they are to Capparaceae.

Cornelius Dupree

Since 2001, about two dozen convictions have been overturned on DNA evidence in Dallas, more than any other county jurisdiction in the United States.

District Attorney's Office v. Osborne

Following the refusal, Osborne filed a claim for due process under 42 U.S.C. §1983, challenging a State's "deprivation of any rights... secured by the Constitution" and requested the DNA evidence against him be tested at his personal expense by Short Tandem Repeat (STR) analysis, a method more discriminating than both RFLP and DQ Alpha, and unavailable at the time of his trial.

Gregory Despres

The prosecution focused its case on the blood trail, DNA evidence, and his relations with Fulton.

Hyrax

DNA evidence supports this hypothesis, and the small modern hyraxes share numerous features with elephants, such as toenails, excellent hearing, sensitive pads on their feet, small tusks, good memory, higher brain functions compared to other similar mammals, and the shape of some of their bones.

Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory

Researcher and author Jon Entine emphasizes that DNA evidence excludes the possibility of significant links between Japanese and Jews.

Jerry Sheindlin

He is the author of two books, Genetic Fingerprinting: The Law and Science of DNA Evidence and Blood Trail.

Joyce Gilchrist

Gilchrist earned the nickname "Black Magic" for her ability to match DNA evidence that other forensic examiners could not.

Julius Ruffin and Arthur Lee Whitfield

Whitfield was released by Virginia authorities in August 2004, when a Norfolk prosecutor said DNA evidence proved Whitfield did not commit the two rapes.

Justice Waits

Dubbed "The Sweetheart Murders", the case remained cold until August 27, 2002, when incriminating DNA evidence obtained from a blanket in the kidnappers'  van proved that convicted child molester Richard Hirschfield was involved in the murders.

Madison Hemings

Based on historical and DNA evidence, historians widely agree that Jefferson was likely the father of all Hemings' children.

Mark Dixie

In October 2006, Dixie's DNA was sent to Western Australia to be tested against that of the DNA evidence in the Claremont serial killer case between 1996 and 1997, as it is believed he was in the area at the time of the killings, and may have committed them.

Monique D. Davis

The bill was motivated by the release of thirteen suspects convicted of murder and sentenced to death who'd later been exonerated by DNA evidence.

Murder of Glenn Kopitske

Lawyers suggested that DNA evidence suggested the theory that Hirte killed Kopitske just to see if he could get away with it was not true.

Ottis Toole

The police did not reveal any new physical evidence and pointed out that they still had no DNA evidence.

Peekskill High School

Jeffrey Mark Deskovic, served 15-year wrongful imprisonment sentence; exonerated by DNA evidence

Peter Donnelly

One area in which he has a leading reputation is in the interpretation of DNA evidence.

Ray Krone

On April 8, 2002, Krone left prison after DNA evidence proved that he did not murder the victim.

Raymond Towler

In January 2008, The Columbus Dispatch completed a yearlong investigation of 313 inmates who had requested DNA evidence testing since 2003.

Susan Gaertner

In 1989, while working for the Ramsey County Attorney's office, she became the first Minnesota prosecutor to introduce DNA evidence in court.

Thomas Sweatt

He was linked to the fires though DNA evidence found at two scenes where a finger print, some skin cells on a wick, and a single hair all matched Sweatt's genetic profile.

Verena Becker

DNA evidence however indicates that Becker probably did not take part in the killing.

William MacGillivray

MacGillivray correctly distinguished between the Hooded Crow and Carrion Crow, but they were considered separate species for the next one and a half centuries until, in 2002, on DNA evidence, the Hooded Crow was awarded species status.

Yusuf Bey

Oakland's district attorney's office claimed to have conclusive DNA evidence identifying Bey as the father.