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The Contribution of Forensic and Expert Evidence to DNA Exoneration Cases: An Interim Report

S.A. Cole, V. Meterko, S. Chu, G. Cooper, J.W. Paredes, M. Possley, & K. Otterbourg (2022), The Contribution of Forensic and Expert Evidence to DNA Exoneration Cases: An Interim Report (National Registry of Exonerations and Innocence Project), https://n2t.net/ark:/88112/x2g890

30 Pages Posted: 2 Oct 2023 Last revised: 3 Oct 2023

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Simon A. Cole

University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

National Registry of Exonerations

Michigan State University - College of Law; University of Michigan Law School; University of California, Irvine School of Law

Vanessa Meterko

Innocence Project

Sarah Chu

Yeshiva University - The Innocence Project

Glinda Cooper

Yeshiva University - The Innocence Project

Jessica Weinstock Paredes

University of California, Irvine

Maurice Possley

University of California Irvine

Ken Otterbourg

Independent

Date Written: December 31, 2022

Abstract

This report describes a five-year process of reconciliation undertaken by the National Registry of Exonerations and the Innocence Project and the results of that reconciliation. It offers a more accurate accounting of the role of forensic science in DNA exoneration cases. This Report clarifies the record on the use of faulty forensic science in DNA exoneration cases.

Keywords: exoneration, wrongful conviction, DNA, forensic science

Suggested Citation

Cole, Simon A. and Registry of Exonerations, National and Meterko, Vanessa and Chu, Sarah and Cooper, Glinda and Weinstock Paredes, Jessica and Possley, Maurice and Otterbourg, Ken, The Contribution of Forensic and Expert Evidence to DNA Exoneration Cases: An Interim Report (December 31, 2022). S.A. Cole, V. Meterko, S. Chu, G. Cooper, J.W. Paredes, M. Possley, & K. Otterbourg (2022), The Contribution of Forensic and Expert Evidence to DNA Exoneration Cases: An Interim Report (National Registry of Exonerations and Innocence Project), https://n2t.net/ark:/88112/x2g890, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4564312 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4564312

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National Registry of Exonerations

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University of Michigan Law School ( email )

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Vanessa Meterko

Innocence Project ( email )

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Sarah Chu

Yeshiva University - The Innocence Project ( email )

Glinda Cooper

Yeshiva University - The Innocence Project

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Jessica Weinstock Paredes

University of California, Irvine ( email )

Maurice Possley

University of California Irvine ( email )

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Ken Otterbourg

Independent ( email )

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