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DNA in the Courtroom
A Trial Watcher's Guide; succinct explanation of the history, science and law of forensic and parental DNA testing from Seattle, WA.

Hope Hall DNA Action Memorial
Describes killer's identification, four years after the violent rape and murder of Hope Denise Hall in 1994, during random DNA search, conducted by forensic scientists in Petersburg, VA.

The complexity of DNA testing
News story explaining why identification may takes weeks, in the case of Daniel Pearl after exuming a body in Karachi, Pakistan. - BBC, UK.

Proficiency Testing
Article presented in 1996, including estimation of error rates in forensic DNA laboratories and critique of NRC II, from law offices in Arlington, VA.

Genetics in the Courtroom
Articles written in 1997, facing genetics issues, from The Judges' Journal of the American Bar Association, Chicago, IL.

Forensic DNA Consulting
Resource aimed at attorneys, placing DNA testing in perspective. Search for expert witness, training, articles and bibliography from Richmond, CA.

How DNA Evidence Works
Introduction to the steps in DNA fingerprinting evidence gathering for law enforcement, and its application from Howstuffworks Inc., Raleigh, NC.

Offender DNA Matches
Article reviewing the forensic testing of DNA recovered from crime scenes, linking offenders to their crimes by referal to the State's DNA Data Bank by the Bureau of Research and Evaluation, NY.

Frontline
Interviews in which DNA evidence was involved in court cases, with more examples since 1987, by searching PBS from Alexandria, VA.

New York State DNA Data Bank
Report compares two proposals to expand the DNA Data Bank by indexing those offenders convicted of nonviolent felonies and less serious crimes by Office of Justice Systems Analysis, NY.



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