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Secondary DNA Transfer: The Rarely Discussed Phenomenon That Can Place the Innocent (and the Dead) at a Crime Scene They’ve Never Been To
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2018
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Criminal Legal News
September, 2018, page 1
Filed under:
DNA Testing/Samples,
Criminal Prosecution,
Crime Labs,
Wrongful Conviction,
Wrongful Imprisonment.
Location:
United States of America.
by Christopher Zoukis
In 1930, the French scientist Edmond Locard published a journal article in which he laid the groundwork for what would become the field of forensic science. Locard said a criminal actor will always leave traces of his or her presence at a crime scene and will always ...
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