…late 1990’s, DNA profiles were low grade and required a significant amount of DNA material to generate the profile. Today, a fraction of that DNA amount is needed to produce…
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Sharron Prior: DNA confirmed
As posted earlier, the Canadian authorities have been able to match DNA found at the Sharron Prior crime scene to the West Virginia Romine Family. Two brothers voluntarily gave their…
Laura Kempton: Solved by DNA
Laura Kempton/Grid AdS Thanks to DNA, we now know who killed Laura Kempton in September 1981. Ronney James Lee, then 21, lived and worked in Portsmouth at that time. “There…
DNA shows Zeigler is innocent
The latest DNA testing of all the evidence in the case of William Thomas Zeigler confirms what he said all along, he did not kill his wife, his parents-in-law, and…
Zeigler gets a new DNA hearing!
…Whitehead decided this discovery would not have changed jurors’ minds and he denied Zeigler a new trial. But in last year’s DNA petition, Zeigler asked for new DNA testing on…
Interpretation of a DNA Match
…the same DNA profile? How often might we expect to see those matching DNA results in the DNA profiles of the general population? Who are the general population and would…
NYT Editorial on Skinner and DNA
In my post “DNA: a civil right” of March 26, 2010, I described why I firmly believe that (post-conviction) access to DNA testing for the condemned (in this case Henry…
DNA fails unidentified WWI soldiers
…is it degrades in quality and quantity,” says molecular geneticist Dr Peter Jones.” “If it’s a very acidic site, there’s no chance of DNA at all because acids attack DNA…
Update Zeigler: DNA request denied
If you click on the link here you can see that the request for DNA for Zeigler has been denied. It states: “Denying Successive Petition for DNA Testing Pursuant to…
Update Zeigler DNA hearing
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Zeigler’s lawyers, arguing for more DNA testing, asked the court for a continuance of the scheduled February 3rd hearing. A former forensic expert is no…