FIVS 123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Combined Dna Index System, Forensic Science, Nylon
24 Feb 2017
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Bloodsworth is the first american that was sentenced to death row but later on exonerated by dna evidence. 318 of their clients in 38 states have been exonerated through post-conviction dna testing. Dna typing can individualize biological evidence found at a crime scene. Dna proves innocent about as often as it suggest that people are guilty. In more than 40% of all dna exoneration cases, law enforcement authorities identify the actual perpetrator based on the same dna test results that overturned the wrongful conviction. Deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) is a large polymeric molecule found in the nucleus and mitochondria of virtually every cell of the body, with the exception of red blood cells and nerve cells. Sometimes it isn"t possible to obtain cellular dna (skeletons) Mitochondrial dna can help even though it accounts for only 1% of. Only inherited from the mother: siblings in a family have the same mitochondrial dna, just as their mother, grandmother and so forth.
