Category Archives: DNA Science
Appalling Decision Making by New York Lab Leads to Destruction of Key Criminal Evidence
Management for the Monroe County, New York Public Safety Laboratory destroyed key criminal evidence in cases that led the the destruction of evidence in hundreds of cases, according to an investigation by Acting State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott. The … Continue reading
Posted in DNA Science, Forensic Science
Tagged crime lab, Janet Anderson-Seaquist, Monroe County, New York
Kentucky Supreme Court In Pursuit of “Righting” the Wrongs
Thanks to the persistent efforts of the Kentucky Innocence Project, Kerry Porter was exonerated after serving almost 15 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit. However, with this victory, there are many questions left unanswered. The Kentucky … Continue reading
Posted in DNA Science, Exoneration
Tagged Kentucky Innocence Project, Kerry Porter, William Virgil, wrongful convinction
Illinois Review Board Seeks to Exonerate Dead Man
The pursuit of justice never ends, not even after death. Paul Echols, a retired Carbondale, Illinois police officer and detective Jimmy Smith from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, seek to clear the name of Grover Thompson, a man who died in 1996 … Continue reading
PA Senate Votes to Expand DNA Testing in Crimes
Currently in the state of Pennsylvania, you must submit a DNA sample taken from the inside of your cheek after being convicted of a serious felony. However, legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi will soon change this, allowing … Continue reading
Posted in DNA Science, Pennsylvania Law
Tagged Dominic Pileggi, Pennsylvania, Senate
Wrongfully Convincted Man Awaits Financial Compensation from the State of Florida
At 21 years of age, William Dillon was arrested for a rape and murder that he did not commit. He was then convicted of these crimes, spending the next 27 years in seven different Florida prisons. In 2005, the Innocence … Continue reading
Posted in DNA Science
Tagged Broward County, Eric Brody, Florida, Innocence Project, Mike Haridopolos, William Dillon, wrongful convinction
FL Man’s DNA Doesn’t Match Crime Scene Evidence for Which He’s Serving a Life Sentence
In 1993, Derrick Williams was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping and raping a woman in a Palmetto, FL, orange grove. This past week, a DNA expert testified that evidence found on the assailant’s shirt, which was left at … Continue reading
Posted in DNA Science
