Maier, Timothy W.,
Inside the DNA Labs. Timothy W. Maier. - Insight on the News, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 74, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Inside the DNA Labs, June 10-23, 2003; pp. 18-22.
"The presentation of DNA evidence at trials can be a matter of life or death for the accused, making corruption and incompetence in DNA crime labs nationwide all the more disturbing." (INSIGHT) This article notes that "DNA crime labs across the nation increasingly are finding themselves under both federal and state criminal investigations" as a result of "allegations of deceit, misconduct and incompetence."
1522-3256;
Crime laboratories
Criminal investigation
Criminals--Identification
DNA
DNA fingerprinting
Errors--Scientific
Evidence--Criminal
Mistake (Criminal law)
Trials
AC1.S5
050
Inside the DNA Labs. Timothy W. Maier. - Insight on the News, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 74, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Inside the DNA Labs, June 10-23, 2003; pp. 18-22.
"The presentation of DNA evidence at trials can be a matter of life or death for the accused, making corruption and incompetence in DNA crime labs nationwide all the more disturbing." (INSIGHT) This article notes that "DNA crime labs across the nation increasingly are finding themselves under both federal and state criminal investigations" as a result of "allegations of deceit, misconduct and incompetence."
1522-3256;
Crime laboratories
Criminal investigation
Criminals--Identification
DNA
DNA fingerprinting
Errors--Scientific
Evidence--Criminal
Mistake (Criminal law)
Trials
AC1.S5
050