DNA Databases, Evidence and Post-Conviction Testing Resources

On This Page:

Factsheets
Innocence Project: "Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing" (2006)


Endorsements and Resolutions
NACDL Resolution Regarding the Expansion of DNA Databases (Feb. 21, 2004)


Model Legislation
Innocence Project: "An Act Concerning Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing" (2006)

Center for Policy Alternatives: Model Innocence Protection Act


State Legislation
Our state legislation page has links to recent bills that have been introduced and, in some cases passed, on electronic recording of interrogations from numerous states.

Reports and Audits
National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence, National Institute of Justice: "Postconviction DNA Testing: Recommendations for Handling Requests, Executive Summary" (1999)

Law Review and Journal Articles (incl. The Champion)
"Turning Base Hits into Earned Runs: Improving the Effectiveness of Forensic DNA Data Bank Programs," Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics (Summer 2006)

"Exonerations in the United States, 1989 Through 2003," Samuel R. Gross, University of Michigan Law School(April 19, 2004)


Media Coverage

See NACDL's DNA and Post-Conviction Testing Page for the most recent media coverage.


Links

Innocence Project

President's DNA Initiative

Virginia DNA/Crime Lab Resource Page






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