Post-conviction DNA testing: The UK's first 'exoneration' case?

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-82

  Johnson, P ^a   Williams, R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA evidence; Exoneration; Forensic science; Innocence Project; Law; Shirley

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DELINQUENCY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1942440556     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(04)71692-5     Document Type: Article

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