DNA Crime: is the use of DNA fingerprinting fair?
When DNA evidence points toward guilt, the science involved is complicated. While patterns unique to each individual emerge over long stretches of DNA, existing testing methods only allow scientists to look at parts of the genetic material. When segments of DNA from two sources are similar, investigators try to find enough matching areas to argue, [...]
[Continue reading]Sexual Assault Charges
According to the US Department of Justice, there were 152,680 completed and attempted sexual assaults per year between 1992 and 2000 for females aged 12 or older. Approximately one in six American women will be a victim of a sexual assault in her lifetime. Although sexual assaults most frequently are by a man on a [...]
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