... reinforce the primacy of DNA evidence in the intense scrutiny and time allocated to the process of collecting DNA in the course of the forensic examination. DNA evidence Innocence Project justice Kirk Paul L bodies crime scene Human Rights Watch juridical truth Locard’s exchange principle Los...

...This chapter focuses on prosecutors' refusal to accept proof of an inmate's innocence after trial, including DNA evidence. Prosecutors have used a range of arguments to explain away exculpatory DNA results, from minimizing the importance of the findings to devising new scenarios of guilt and even...

...As scores of death row inmates are exonerated by DNA evidence and innocence commissions are set up across the country, conviction of the innocent has become a well-recognized problem. But the U.S. justice system makes both kinds of errors—we acquit the guilty and convict the innocent—and exploring...