CRM/LAW C114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Clarence Elkins, Eyewitness Identification, Jury Trial
7 Dec 2016
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Clarence elkins sentenced to 15 years to life for the murder, 10 years for attempted aggravated assault, 10 years for the rape of judith johnson (grandma), and 2 life sentences for the rape of his niece with force. Early was compensated with experience multiple denials in motion, trials, and hearings (difficult correction of error) * no evidence at the crime scene connecting clarence to the crime million by the state. * initial dna report excluded clarence from the dna in the hairs from both victims". * y-str and mt dna analysis match on earl"s maternal and paternal lines rape kit. *seriously misguided and narrow investigation and the tragic lack of attention to significant exculpatory evidence. * bodily fluid dna same from the victims panties (odds of 1 in 96,000,000) * melinda and clarence divorced after 9 month. * both sons stayed with the father (clarence) * after the divorce, clarence and melinda dated different people and remarried.
