DNA evidence
Biological courtroom material
DNA evidence is genetic material—blood, saliva, hair, skin cells, semen—used to identify individuals in criminal investigations or legal proceedings.
Because each person's DNA is unique (except identical twins), it can link suspects to crime scenes or exonerate the wrongly accused.
The DNA evidence cleared him after fifteen years in prison.
- wrongful convictionsErroneous guilty verdicts
- cold casesUnsolved, inactive investigations
- criminal investigationOfficial probe into lawbreaking
- privacy concernsWorries about personal exposure
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
crime lab · touch DNA · blood sample · swab test · exoneration · reasonable doubt · genetic markers · fingerprinting · paternity testing · expert witness · informed consent · chain of custody · genetic fingerprint · genotype · alleles · DNA sequencing · microarrays · contamination
- criminal investigationsinvestigations, crime scene, crime scenes, crime scene investigation, crime scene analysis
- Science & Lawpatent law, patents, forensics, forensic analysis, expert witness
- Genetic Lawgenetic privacy, genetic discrimination, DNA database, genetic databases, DNA privacy
- trial evidencewitness testimony, exhibits, fingerprints, audio recordings, expert witness
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- true crimetrue crime, cold case, crime docs, unsolved mystery, murder mystery
DNA evidenceeyewitness testimony
Evidence from direct observers
witness testimony · hearsay · circumstantial evidence · anecdotal evidence · speculation
DNA evidenceeyewitness testimony
Evidence from direct observers
testimonial evidence · oral testimony · witness statements · documentary evidence · written statement
DNA evidencetrial by ordeal
Guilt determined through suffering
trial by combat · spectral evidence · character witness · blood oath · oath-taking