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Pretty soon, looks like we’re all going to know the name Dan Frumkin. Who’s he?
Dan Frumkin is the author of an article in the respected journal Forensic Science International: Genetics where he writes that DNA evidence can be created in a lab – TOTALLY FABRICATED – and he warns that the real possibility of…
Earlier this month, Herman Lindsay was freed from Death Row after the Florida Supreme Court ruled that there just wasn’t enough evidence to find Mr. Lindsay guilty of anything — much less sentence him to death. Herman Lindsay became a free man this month, after being tried and convicted in 2006 for the robbery and…
Last Friday, the Florida Supreme Court received the lab report from the state crime lab on the DNA evidence pertaining to the murder of Mary Hammond in 1983, and the conviction of David Eugene Johnston for that crime.
Johnston was set to be executed by the State of Florida on May 27, 2009 – but…
Later this month, a new reality-TV show will begin to air on the Discovery channel, called “Dallas DNA.” Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is supportive of this new show; he’s quoted in USA Today as saying it ” ‘…makes justice better by showing the good, the bad and the ugly.’ ” Meanwhile, the chief counsel to the Innocence Project of Texas, Jeff Blackburn, is quoted as believing that the show exists merely to boost Watkins’ political career.
What is “Dallas DNA”?
The show itself focuses upon the use of DNA testing to discover individuals wrongfully convicted, particularly those on death row. Law students working with the Innocence Project of Texas, and presumably those working with District Attorney Watkins, will be the series’ new reality stars. Their work will be filmed and televised for a profit.
Remember, this is a reality TV show. As is “Survivor,” “Amazing Race,” and “Dancing With the Stars.”
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