A Smudge on DNA Fingerprinting?;N.Y. Case Raises Questions About Quality Standards, Due Process

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 26, 1989| Author: Larry Thompson | Copyright information

It has become the hottest technique for identifying a suspect since fingerprinting came into use at the turn of the century.

Better than an eyewitness, more specific than a fingerprint itself, a new method called DNA fingerprinting offers the ability to link a suspect with evidence from a crime scene-blood, skin under a victim's fingernail, semen. It has the ring of scientific accuracy and authority that leaves most defense attorneys dumbfounded.

But now some scientists and le...

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