An Interview With DNA Forensics Authority Dr. Bruce Weir William Neal Reynolds Professor of Statistics and Genetics North Carolina State University Sean Henahan, Access Excellence Note: This interview was conducted in January 1995 The term DNA fingerprinting was coined by British geneticist Alec Jeffreys only ten years ago. Since that time, DNA forensics has become an important tool in law enforcement. In some cases the DNA tests have helped convict suspects, while in others the ...

DNA Matching for criminal identification purposes BCCLA Supports obtaining and banking DNA information 1994 The BCCLA recognizes and supports the aim of amending the Criminal Code and the Identification of Criminals Act to allow law enforcement authorities to obtain a warrant to collect DNA samples from suspects in serious crimes, to demand DNA from those arrested for serious crimes, and to bank DNA information for legitimate law enforcement purposes. Framing policies and proce ...

Medical Genetics IndexGlossary DNA Testing: Introduction and Index The focus of most criminal investigations is on linking evidence from the crime scene to suspects, and for more than a century, science has played an increasingly important role in this process. Fingerprinting was applied to criminal investigations beginning in the 1880's. Shortly after the principle of ABO blood typing was reported in 1900, its relevance to forensic investigations became apparent. In the 1960's human ...

the photos | cotton's wrongful conviction | interviews | faqs | re-evaluating procedures | song of an innocent man | links | tapes & transcripts | reactions | explore frontline | wgbh | pbs online web site copyright 1995-2006 wgbh educational foundation What Jennifer Saw Identified by the victim, Ronald Cotton spent eleven years in prison for rape. But in 1995, DNA evidence proved Cotton could not have been the attacker. With unprecedented access to the central figures in ...

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