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Touch-Transfer DNA Remains Misunderstood and Still Poses High Risk of Wrongful Conviction

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2024 by J.D. Schmidt published in Criminal Legal News January, 2025, page 1
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples, junk science, DNA Evidence/Testing. Location: United States of America.

by J.D. Schmidt

Modern criminal investigations, especially cold homicide cases, often rely on what is known as “touch-transfer” DNA to identify the perpetrator. But in recent years, developments in DNA research have shown that there is an increased risk of falsely linking an individual to a crime scene through its ...

 

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