ISSUE: Have prosecutors proven that Michael M. Sharpe, 71, attacked four women in their Hartford-area homes in June and July 1984? MAIN EVIDENCE: DNA DISPUTE: Does other evidence, including one ...
Nov. 2—"There's no reason to doubt DNA science that has been peer reviewed and tested," prosecutor Robin Krawczyk said Tuesday during her final argument to the jury in the case of Michael M. Sharpe, ...
Recent admissions by the FBI involving data errors in calculating DNA probabilities are challenging the infallibility of DNA evidence, a science with a longstanding reputation of as the forensic gold ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — It has been more than two months since the Austin Police Department’s DNA lab was shut down after concerns of improperly trained staff and evidence verification. The Travis County ...
DNA profiling, as it has been known since 1994, has been used in the criminal justice system since the late 1980s, and was originally termed “DNA fingerprinting”. The DNA in every human is very ...