Research Catalog

Title

Justice and science : trials and triumphs of DNA evidence / George "Woody" Clarke ; foreword by Janet Reno.

Author

Clarke, George, 1951-

Publication

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2007.

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Description

xi, 216 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Databases of both convicted offenders and no-suspect cases demonstrate the power of DNA testing to solve the unsolvable. George "Woody" Clarke is a leading authority in legal circles and among the news media because of his expertise in DNA evidence. In this memoir, Clarke chronicles his experiences in some of the most disturbing and notorious sexual assault and murder court cases in California. He charts the beginnings of DNA testing in police investigations and the fight for its acceptance by courts and juries. He illustrates the power of science in cases he personally prosecuted or in which he assisted, including his work with the prosecution team in the trial of O. J. Simpson."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books.

Subject

• Clarke, George
• Clarke, George, 1951-
• Lawyers
• DNA Fingerprinting
• Forensic Genetics
• Public prosecutors > San Diego County > Biography
• DNA fingerprinting > United States
• Forensic genetics > United States
• United States

Genre/Form

Biographies

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The scientist becomes a victim -- A new prosecutor -- The transition to DNA evidence -- The fight for acceptance -- A stranger rapist and a murderer : early success with DNA evidence -- A double-edged sword : DNA for and against the prosecution -- A child and a critical nightshirt -- DNA and a football hero collide -- Back home in San Diego : an unusual rape case -- When a match is not a match -- Exonerations, databases, and STRs -- A national approach -- The district attorney's office searches for innocence -- DNA takes to television -- The tragic case of a small child -- A cold-hit DNA match solves an old crime -- Helena Greenwood revisited.

ISBN

• 9780813541921 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0813541921 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007008417

OCLC

• 86117350
• SCSB-10211250

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library