Chapter Five. A Stranger Rapist and a Murderer: Early Success with DNA Evidence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Science in the Courtroom 1
6. Chapter One. The Scientist Becomes a Victim 3
7. Chapter Two. A New Prosecutor 9
8. Chapter Three. The Transition to DNA Evidence 16
9. Chapter Four. The Fight for Acceptance 24
10. Chapter Five. A Stranger Rapist and a Murderer: Early Success with DNA Evidence 34
11. Chapter Six. A Double-Edged Sword: DNA for and against the Prosecution 44
12. Chapter Seven. A Child and a Critical Nightshirt 64
13. Chapter Eight. DNA and a Football Hero Collide 76
14. Chapter Nine. Back Home in San Diego: An Unusual Rape Case 98
15. Chapter Ten. When a Match Is Not a Match 108
16. Chapter Eleven. Exonerations, Databases, and STRs 118
17. Chapter Twelve. A National Approach 136
18. Chapter Thirteen. The District Attorney’s Office Searches for Innocence 146
19. Chapter Fourteen. DNA Takes to Television 162
20. Chapter Fifteen. The Tragic Case of a Small Child 172
21. Chapter Sixteen. A Cold-Hit DNA Match Solves an Old Crime 179
22. Chapter Seventeen. Helena Greenwood Revisited 187
23. Glossary 195
24. Index 201