Unlocking the Cells.(postconviction DNA testing of prisoners)

From: Reason | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: Bailey, Ronald | Copyright information

DNA technology frees the innocent as well as convicting the guilty.

The impeachment of President Clinton underscored the growing importance of DNA evidence in criminal investigations. If it weren't for the telltale stain on a certain blue dress, the president might still be insisting that he "never had sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky."

DNA testing was first used in Britain in 1986 to prosecute serial rapist and murderer Colin Pitchfork. Today, D...

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