In April, I attended the NACDL legal seminar “Making sense of Science.” \u00a0This continuing legal education seminar focused on how science plays a role in criminal cases. \u00a0A main topic was DNA evidence in criminal cases. \u00a0This evidence is found in rape or capital sexual battery and there is DNA evidence on the body. \u00a0Or, DNA evidence left at a crime scene such as a burglary. \u00a0This occurs \u00a0when someone breaks into a house, cuts themselves on the window, and leaves traces of blood behind. This criminal defense seminar dealt with defending against this type of forensic evidence, taught by the leading scientists in the country.<\/p>\n
On Friday, a man was found guilty of second degree murder in Polk County. \u00a0One piece of evidence was a tiny piece of DNA evidence on the shirt at the crime scene. \u00a0This shirt was around the neck of the strangled victim. \u00a0As a criminal defense (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In April, I attended the NACDL legal seminar “Making sense of Science.” \u00a0This continuing legal education seminar focused on how science plays a role in criminal cases. \u00a0A main topic was DNA evidence in criminal cases. \u00a0This evidence is found…<\/span><\/p>\n