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This 9 page paper provides an overview of this case, and analyzes the issue of DNA testing. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Frye test versus the use of CRE 702 * How do the different applications of these standards determine different legal outcomes? * Determining the reliability and validity of DNA testing
* The admission or exclusion of certain evidence in the case * The challenge to the exclusion of DNA evidence pursuant to CRE 702 * The concept of frontier science
and the use in legal proceedings Nature of the Issue While the initial collection efforts might appear simple enough, and the applications
potentially limitless, the means by which evidence must be collected, processed, and presented to make a case are quite rigid in their nature. The specifics regarding the collection and
processing of crime scene data, in particular, is an often debated subject. To be used to prove the guilt or innocence of an individual, DNA evidence (whether collected from the
criminal serving time in our penitentiaries or from a crime scene itself) must be able to stand before a court of law. In order to be admissible in a
court of law and to stand up under the close scrutiny of individuals whose job it is to place question on the authenticity or applicability of the evidence, said evidence
must be collected and processed in a carefully documented scientific manner. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecular component of every organism,
plant and animal. It is through DNA that an organism is able to reproduce itself. DNA is the storehouse of the genetic information which determines practically every aspect
of an organism. Aspects such as hair, eye, and skin color, height, weight, bone structure are only a few example of the physical characteristics which are controlled by DNA.
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