insider.si.edu

Truth machine the contentious history of DNA fingerprinting Michael Lynch, Simon A. Cole, Ruth McNally, and Kathleen Jordan

nmahmai copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. A revolution in forensic science? -- Interlude A : DNA profiling techniques -- A techno-legal controversy -- Interlude B : Admissibility, ...
The Scientist

DNA Fingerprinting: A Powerful Law-Enforcement Tool With Serious Social Implications

DNA fingerprinting has been hailed by law-enforcement officials as the 20th century’s most important breakthrough in forensic science. They are eager to use the new technology to identify and ...
PBS

Create a DNA Fingerprint

DNA. It's what makes you unique. Unless you have an identical twin, your DNA is different from that of every other person in the world. And that's what makes DNA fingerprinting possible. Experts can ...
Mongabay

DNA fingerprinting convicts Zimbabwe lion poachers in landmark case

Prosecutors in Zimbabwe used lion DNA forensics for the first time to successfully convict two people for poaching and trafficking a male lion near Hwange National Park. Investigators analyzed DNA ...
Education Week

Texas Schools Are Sending DNA Kits Home to Parents. Why This Is a Communications Mess

Schools in Texas are providing parents with free DNA and fingerprint identification kits, as part of a program to help identify missing children. While the law that created the program does not say ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

DNA, fingerprint analysis sheds no new light on Metro East woman's 1978 murder, but lawyers will appeal other issues

Deputy Sheriff Robert Henke leads John N. Prante from the East Alton courthouse after his conviction for murder in July 1983. Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr. WOOD RIVER • DNA and fingerprint testing from ...