Articles > Newspapers > U.S. Newspapers, Local Markets A-Dh > Charleston Gazette articles > April 2000

Article: DNA testing: ; Good or bad for justice?

Article from:
Charleston Gazette
Article date:
April 23, 2000
Author:
Copyright

SAN FRANCISCO - Eyewitnesses may be uncertain. Lawyers may bungle. Cops may err. But a $10,000 Zeiss microscope is as close to infallible as you can get. Besides a world of hurt, criminals often leave behind traces of themselves - blood, hair and semen - that can be used to convict them or to clear others falsely accused of their misdeeds. DNA testing is the key that can unlock the door to the truth in many of the toughest cases before our courts.

With the technology available in many cases to prove or disprove guilt scientifically, the questions left to politicians, law enforcement authorities and legal scholars are these:

When do we set aside what our very fallible eyes and ears tell us ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: NEW YORK ADVANCES ON EXPANDING DNA ...
Crime Control Digest;  June 1, 2007 ;     427 words ...New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has reached agreement ... legislative leaders on the need to expand DNA testing to all felons. The Senate overwhelmingly ... preservation of that evidence. Last year, New York adopted a law to expand the DNA databank ...

Article: New York: COMPROMISE INCREASES DNA ...
Crime Control Digest;  July 2, 2004 ;     289 words ... ... George Pataki reached a compromise agreement with legislative leaders to increase the number of felons subject to DNA testing. The agreement adds more than 100 offenses that would require law enforcement to collect a DNA sample. The offenses ...

Article: New York Expands Use Of DNA Testing ...
Crime Control Digest;  December 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ...New York will expand collection of DNA samples from ... addition of as many as 40,000 profiles to New York's DNA database by the end of 2006. The ... criminal justice agencies to determine whether New York could take any additional steps within ...

Transcript: POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING:ELIOT SPITZER
Congressional Testimony;  June 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... ON POSTCONVICTION DNA TESTING TESTIMONY OF NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ... post- conviction DNA testing and how we should ... of the innocent. New York State is a leader ... post-conviction DNA testing almost six years ago ...

Article: Orchid Streamlines Forensic DNA Testing Facilities ...
PR Newswire;  April 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... efforts to transform its DNA testing operations for greater ... industrialization of forensic DNA testing is our role as an innovator ... the Orchid- proposed New York City BioTracks program ... affordability make forensic DNA testing an increasingly widely ...

Article: STATE OFFICIALS GOING SLOWLY ON DNA TESTING OF ...
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  December 15, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... considering expanding DNA testing of criminals, but ... outlined Monday by New York City Police Commissioner ... would vastly expand New York State's testing ... murder and rape. DNA testing, made popular in ... has some form of DNA testing, with the ...

Article: Texas Legislature Approves DNA Testing as Recourse ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... before the early 1990s, when DNA testing became routine. Also, they ... to the bill, based on similar DNA testing in New York and Illinois, estimated about ... candidates for post-conviction DNA testing would exercise their option expeditiously ...

Article: DNA Testing Petition Filed in John Huffington Case.
Business Wire;  August 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... situation. The state DNA-testing statute is an essential ... The petition for DNA testing has already won the support ... Cardozo School of Law in New York. The Innocence Project ... which post-conviction DNA testing of evidence can yield ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives