Justice and science : trials and triumphs of DNA evidence / George "Woody" Clarke ; foreword by Janet Reno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, George, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clarke, George, 1951-.

Clarke, George.

Public prosecutors--California--San Diego County--Biography.

Public prosecutors.

DNA fingerprinting--United States.

DNA fingerprinting.

Forensic genetics.

United States.

Forensic genetics--United States.

California--San Diego County.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 216 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2007]

Summary:

"Unlike many television programs, motion pictures and other books, Justice and Science is a true account of how DNA evidence has changed investigations and the trial of defendants charged with crimes. More importantly, it is an opportunity to see intimately how American courts pursue the goal of justice for all through the amazing power of science."

Contents:

The scientist becomes a victim

A new prosecutor

The transition to DNA evidence

The fight for acceptance

A stranger rapist and a murderer : early success with DNA evidence

A double-edged sword : DNA for and against the prosecution

A child and a critical nightshirt

DNA and a football hero collide

Back home in San Diego : an unusual rape case

When a match is not a match

Exonerations, databases, and STRs

A national approach

The district attorney's office searches for innocence

DNA takes to television

The tragic case of a small child

A cold-hit DNA match solves an old crime

Helena Greenwood revisited.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813541921

0813541921

OCLC:

86117350