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Since the program began on December 14, 2005, the program has led to the exoneration of five wrongfully convicted defendants, as well as identifying suspects in many of those cases. Approximately 534,000 cases have been searched to determine if there… Continue Reading →

Michigan defense attorneys are asking the National Institute of Justice and the institute’s Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences to investigate whether the Michigan State Police (MSP) has compromised testing in marijuana cases. The defense attorneys allege that the Prosecuting Attorneys… Continue Reading →

“According to a growing number of studies, forensic evidence is vulnerable to the same subjectivity that plagues other types of evidence such as eye-witness testimony.” http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/why-forensic-evidence-may-not-be-as-certain-as-we-d-like-to-think-it-is-1.2451578

Police say they will no longer request fingerprints from individuals without identification and will instead only request fingerprints from individuals who raise suspicion, but not to the level to make an arrest. Police also say they will make individuals aware… Continue Reading →

In 2013, defendant James L. Mayfield was convicted of the murder of Jenny  Read in a 1976 cold case in San Francisco. Read’s body was found with multiple stab wounds and her pants partially removed. There was the presence of… Continue Reading →

Donovan Allen was arrested and charged with murdering his mother Sharon Cox in 2000. After 14 hours of interrogation by the police, he confessed to the crime and later recanted. He was convicted of first degree murder and given a… Continue Reading →

The DC court currently operates under a Frye standard for expert testimony, which requires that a methodology or theory has “general acceptance” in the particular field. The DC Court of Appeals is considering a new standard, possibly the Daubert standard, which… Continue Reading →

“Touch DNA” can often show if a person handled a particular item at a scene of crime. Touch DNA occurs when a person deposits particles of DNA from their skin onto an object that they have touched. However, there can… Continue Reading →

In 2009, Pedro Trejo was convicted of sexually assaulting his niece who was 12 years old at the time of the crime. He was accused after his niece got pregnant and subsequently suffered a miscarriage. The tissue form the miscarriage… Continue Reading →

William Ray Jacobs was convicted by jury trial of aggravated sexual assault in 1997. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Jacobs failed to get relief from his conviction through appellate and habeas proceedings, and in these proceedings, the state contended… Continue Reading →