- Innocence Project
Nonprofit legal clinic handling cases where postconviction DNA testing of evidence can yield conclusive proof of innocence.
www.innocenceproject.org
- DNA Forensics - Human Genome Project
Outlines different processes for the examination of unique DNA sequences in order to precisely identify the characteristics of individuals or species. Discusses ethical, legal, and social issues.
www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml
- DNA Testing: An Introduction for Non-Scientists
Offers an illustrated and simplified explanation of DNA testing for those who may have limited backgrounds in biological science.
www.scientific.org/tutorials/articles/riley/riley.html
- HowStuffWorks: How DNA Evidence Works
Look at how DNA "fingerprinting" works and what DNA evidence can be used for.
www.howstuffworks.com/dna-evidence.htm
- DNA Forensics
Looks at how forensic identification works, how DNA typing is done, and the ethical, legal, and social issues associated with DNA databanking.
www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.html
- NOVA: Killer's Trail
Read a chronology of the Sam Sheppard murder case, and learn about the forensic evidence technologies of DNA fingerprinting and 3D mug shots.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard
- Frontline: The Case for Innocence
Examines the science of DNA testing, and the controversy over its use when introduced as new evidence in already decided criminal cases.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/case
- Hope Denise Hall DNA Action Memorial
Seeks to implement an international DNA database to help solve crimes.
hope-dna.com
- Frontline: What Jennifer Saw
Examines the case of Ronald Cotton, who was twice wrongly accused of rape, and questions the reliability of eyewitness identification and the accuracies of DNA evidence.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dna
- DNA Technology in Forensic Science
1992 Commission on Life Sciences publication.
books.nap.edu/books/0309045878/html/index.html
- DNA Testing: Introduction and Index
Learn about the strengths, limitations, and controversies of DNA Testing; DNA polymorphisms: the basis of DNA typing; techniques for DNA testing and the applications of DNA tests.
www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/genetics/medgen/dnatesting
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