Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA by Murphy, Erin E.
Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA by Murphy, Erin E.

Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA

Josiah Sutton was convicted of rape. He was five inches shorter and 65 pounds lighter than the...
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Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA by Murphy, Erin E.

Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA

BD$63.85
Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA by Murphy, Erin E.

Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA

BD$63.85
Author: Erin E. Murphy
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Josiah Sutton was convicted of rape. He was five inches shorter and 65 pounds lighter than the suspect described by the victim, but at trial a lab analyst testified that his DNA was found at the crime scene. His case looked like many others -- arrest, swab, match, conviction. But there was just one problem -- Sutton was innocent.

We think of DNA forensics as an infallible science that catches the bad guys and exonerates the innocent. But when the science goes rogue, it can lead to a gross miscarriage of justice. Erin Murphy exposes the dark side of forensic DNA testing: crime labs that receive little oversight and produce inconsistent results; prosecutors who push to test smaller and poorer-quality samples, inviting error and bias; law-enforcement officers who compile massive, unregulated, and racially skewed DNA databases; and industry lobbyists who push policies of "stop and spit."

DNA testing is rightly seen as a transformative technological breakthrough, but we should be wary of placing such a powerful weapon in the hands of the same broken criminal justice system that has produced mass incarceration, privileged government interests over personal privacy, and all too often enforced the law in a biased or unjust manner. Inside the Cell exposes the truth about forensic DNA, and shows us what it will take to harness the power of genetic identification in service of accuracy and fairness.

Author: Erin E. Murphy
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Published: 10/06/2015
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781568584690


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2015
Library Journal 09/15/2015 pg. 90
Publishers Weekly 10/19/2015

About the Author
Erin Murphy is a professor at NYU School of Law and an expert in DNA forensics. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School. In addition to scholarly journals, her writing has appeared in Scientific American, New York Times, USA Today, Slate, San Francisco Chronicle, and Huffington Post. Follow her on Twitter @ErinMurphysLaw.
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