Forensic Evidence at Murder Trials in Phoenix, Arizona. Volume III.

摘要

This report is on the impact of forensic evidence at murder trials. The results are based on transcript reviews of 22 trials from arrests made during the two years of the Phoenix Homicide Clearance project. At these trials, forensic scientists testified on analytical results in the areas of DNA, ballistics, gunshot residue, latent prints, and trace evidence. They testified, for example, that shell casings from the scene were fired from a handgun found at the scene, or that the DNA profile from blood on the defendants clothes matched the victims DNA profile.