tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post198980406005845183..comments2024-03-25T02:53:26.373-04:00Comments on Women in Crime Ink: DNA TechnologyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-82381331207937697222009-07-18T06:57:03.915-04:002009-07-18T06:57:03.915-04:00Much of the dna backlog is administratively driven...Much of the dna backlog is administratively driven. Some poorer counties complain that they have neither the scientific knowledge nor the funds to properly store dna evidence that the law requires them to store.<br /><br />One bright glimmer of hope for a more rapid elimination of any dna backlog and a tremendous reduction in the cost of dna processing is the universal quenching probe technique announced in Japan last week and presented in an American Chemical Society paper.FleaStiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837830811566745662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-35722401208346131082008-10-03T15:16:00.000-04:002008-10-03T15:16:00.000-04:00Certainly there is skeptism of defense attorneys b...Certainly there is skeptism of defense attorneys but that skeptism extends to both sides today.<BR/><BR/>Having tried many many cases over 30 years, I can tell you that since the introduction of DNA, TV's depiction of the ability of DNA to solve all crime, has created heightened expectations of proof on the part of juries. This has dramatically changed the job of the homicide investigator, prosecutors, forensic specialists, and even medical examiners.<BR/><BR/>Remember that DNA is deposited by everyone innocently all the time. Also many scenes have absolutely no DNA or occur in public places where DNA is contributed by hundreds of people. <BR/> <BR/>Though DNA has been a great boon to law enforcement, what people see on CSI is a gross exaggeration of the ability of DNA or forensics in general to solve crime, but the average juror doesn't know that. <BR/><BR/>I guarantee that Connie does!jigmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01924600460740103836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-8086993355854742902008-10-03T12:19:00.000-04:002008-10-03T12:19:00.000-04:00Connie said... Television shows like CSI have impa...Connie said... <BR/><I>Television shows like CSI have impacted the way jurors interpret evidence and facts of the case. Jurors believe what they see on CSI is realistic and believe the technology and resources are available to law enforcement.</I><BR/><BR/>IMO this is a myth. The reality is that far too many jurors believe that what the prosecution and their witnesses say is backed up by 'CSI'. So if the prosecutor says, "Item A clearly matches item B" the jurors assume it does, and if the defense objects (and many fail to) and wants proof they are dismissed by the jury as just "slick lawyers with smoke and mirrors".A Voice of Sanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285284153694191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-77568742835831645552008-10-02T21:05:00.000-04:002008-10-02T21:05:00.000-04:00Thanks Casey....great question. We've investigate...Thanks Casey....great question. We've investigated murder cases where biological evidence was collected and tested. There were DNA profiles developed and entered into CODIS, however, no matches were developed. If there are no suspects to compare the DNA profile to or the suspect's DNA profile is not in the CODIS databank, the potential of the biological evidence is limited.<BR/> <BR/>Television shows like CSI have impacted the way jurors interpret evidence and facts of the case. Jurors believe what they see on CSI is realistic and believe the technology and resources are available to law enforcement. We've be on crime scenes where people have requested evidence be tested immediately at the scene because they've seen it on CSI. Seriously....like I drive around in a Hummer to crime scenes and solve all murder investigations within an hour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-84448644775697651802008-10-02T12:17:00.000-04:002008-10-02T12:17:00.000-04:00They just tested the remains found in Dr Crippen's...They just tested the remains found in Dr Crippen's coal cellar - supposedly from his murdered wife. Turns out they were from a man's body. Oops. Sorry Doc!A Voice of Sanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285284153694191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-75902521947848590622008-10-02T09:43:00.000-04:002008-10-02T09:43:00.000-04:00Good post Connie. Perhaps you could do another on...Good post Connie. Perhaps you could do another on the number of occasions where DNA, though present at the scene or on physical evidence does not solve a crime, yet juries expect it in every case. How does it make your job, as a homicide investigator harder on those many occasions?<BR/>Caseyjigmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01924600460740103836noreply@blogger.com