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An 8 page examination of the pros and cons of postconviction DNA testing and movements such as the Innocent Project spearheaded by Barry Scheck. Discusses the characteristics of DNA which make it an almost irrefutable evidence and evaluates use of this technology by those who are already incarcerated and desire to prove their innocence. Summarizes the technological, economic and legislative implications of this application. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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however, this double helical microscopic structure has become a more and more common subject of even the most common of conversations. DNA fingerprinting is probably one of the most
weighty applications of the recently gained knowledge of DNA, at least in terms of the general populace. Small bits of biological material can now be linked to one species
or another and even to specific individuals within a species. The reason for this change in public awareness of DNA is the importance of DNA in criminal investigations and
more recently in exonerating individuals who have been wrongly accused of crimes.. The general public now perceives DNA as important, not because it is a molecular component of
every organism, plant and animal; nor because it is through DNA that an organism is able to reproduce itself. Typically they do not even consider the fact that DNA
is the storehouse of the genetic information which determines practically every aspect of an organism, a component that controls aspects such as hair, eye, and skin color, height, weight, bone
structure and practically every other discernible characteristic of the human body. The general public has become fascinated with DNA because of its applicability of determining the guilt or innocence
of an individual in a criminal trial. Perhaps even more fascinating, however, is the use of DNA to prove the innocence of an individual once they have been committed
of a crime. Our understanding of DNA has evolved to the point that it is doing just that. To date at least seventy-three individuals, who had been
convicted of crimes in this country and Canada and who were serving prison time for those convictions, have been exonerated after their convictions with the use of DNA evidence (Scheck
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