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Genetic and DNA Evidence: The Emperor Has No Clothes

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2013 by Ernest P. Chiodo published in Prison Legal News August, 2013, page 40
Filed under: Searches, DNA Testing/Samples. Location: United States of America.
by Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.S., M.B.A., C.I.H.

Genetic evidence in the form of DNA profiles has proven to be a powerful tool in the advance of justice by proving the innocence of accused persons. The lack of a match of DNA markers between the crime scene evidence ...

 

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