Abstract
The evolution of DNA technology has shined a light on an issue previously shrouded in darkness: the extent to which innocent prisoners are wrongfully convicted. To date, post-conviction DNA testing has succeeded in exonerating 252 criminal defendants, their innocence proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. DNA exonerations provide a dataset to study in the hopes of figuring out “what went wrong” in these cases. This process of deconstructing post-conviction innocence cases helps not only in understanding the causes of wrongful convictions, but in designing reforms to prevent future miscarriages of justice.
Recommended Citation
Medwed, Daniel S.
(2010)
"Introduction: Path Forward or Road
to Nowhere? Implications of the 2009
National Academy of Sciences Report
on the Forensic Sciences,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 2010:
No.
2, Article 1.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2010/iss2/1