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This 5 page paper looks at the validity and admissibility of DNA evidence. Various types of cases are discussed. Sample cases from different states are included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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one would be punished. The concept of insufficient evidence is quite interesting. After all, the judge often charges the jury with certain specific requirements for finding a person guilty
of a particular crime. Yet, they are to reach a conclusion within a reasonable doubt, whether or not the suspect actually committed the act in question. They are forced to
contemplate not whether someone committed a crime beyond a shadow of a doubt nor are they supposed to debate on whether or not the client committed a crime beyond all
doubt. Rather, they are supposed to decide on what a reasonable man might assume based on the evidence at hand. The OJ Simpson case, for example, was one for
the books in this respect. It was aired on television and people were glued to their chairs as day after day detailed testimony was given regarding evidence from the time
tiny fragments were picked up from Simpsons bedroom to how the bloody glove was stored to the tight fit of the bloody glove. As the public saw in that trial,
and as those who serve as jurors themselves see, most cases are quite complex. There are many loose ends. Yet, the vast majority of people believe that Simpson is a
murderer. In fact, the majority expresses this sentiment after watching testimony. Lawyers claim that most murder convictions are won with much less physical evidence and contend that Simpson was freed
due to good counsel and his notoriety. Even the DNA matched. Yet, the jury found OJ Simpson not guilty. Many in fact believed that the jury was in error. After
all, DNA is science and if his blood was at the scene, then how can a jury not convict him? In the OJ case DNA evidence is not all that
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