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Author:
Clarke, George, 1951-
Title:
Justice and science : trials and triumphs of DNA evidence / George "Woody" Clarke ; foreword by Janet Reno.
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
xi, 216 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Clarke, George,--1951-
Public prosecutors--San Diego County--San Diego County--Biography.
DNA fingerprinting--United States.
Forensic genetics--United States.
Other Authors:
Reno, Janet, 1938-
Notes:
Includes index.
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.
ISBN:
0813541921 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813541921 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2007008417
Locations:
N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)
N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

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