George Clarke

Justice and Science

Trials and Triumphs of DNA Evidence

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Produktbeschreibung

George Woody Clarke has been renowned for years in legal circles and among the news media because of his expertise in DNA evidence. In this memoir, Clarke chronicles his experiences in some of the most disturbing and notorious sexual assault and murder court cases in California. He charts the beginnings of DNA testing in police investigations and the fight for its acceptance by courts and juries. He illustrates the power of science in cases he personally prosecuted or in which he assisted, including his work with the prosecution team in the trial of O.J. Simpson.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 143mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780813545011
• ISBN-10: 0813545013
• Artikelnr.: 25853537

Autorenporträt

George "Woody" Clarke

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Janet Reno
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Science in the Courtroom
1. The Scientist Becomes a Victim
2. A New Prosecutor
3. The Transition to DNA Evidence
4. The Fight for Acceptance
5. A Stranger Rapist and a Murderer: Early Success with DNA Evidence
6. A Double-Edged Sword: DNA for and against the Prosecution
7. A Child and a Critical Nightshirt
8. DNA and a Football Hero Collide
9. Back Home in San Diego: An Unusual Rape Case
10. When a Match Is Not a Match
11. Exonerations, Databases, and STRs
12. A National Approach
13. The District Attorney's Office Searches for Innocence
14. DNA Takes to Television
15. The Tragic Case of a Small Child
16. A Cold-Hit DNA Match Solves an Old Crime
17. Helena Greenwood Revisited 
Glossary
Index