The Crime Scene Of A Virginia Man - 999 Words

When dealing with other types of evidence such as hairs and fibers, tool marks, video footage, or even a weapon used at a crime scene; it can be challenging connecting the evidence to the suspect or even coming up with a suspect. These forms of evidence have been allowed in court in many cases and have also convicted many innocent people. Years later, their cases have been re-opened with new DNA evidence and have set the innocent free. According to the Innocence Project, Randolf Arledge was accused and convicted for murder. This article states that, â€Å"in 2011, they secured DNA testing of the physical evidence with the cooperation of the Navarro County District Attorney’s Office. The testing included hair samples from the hairnet and washings from the victim’s pubic hairs.† (Innocence Project , n.d.) With these findings it exonerated Arledge revealing the real perpetrator known as David Sims. Another case that was also exonerated due to later DNA findings occu rred in 2003. â€Å"A Virginia man was released from prison after a post-conviction. DNA test proved that he did not rape a nursing student in 1981. The man spent two decades in prison after being convicted of breaking into the women’s apartment and raping her. Two juries failed to reach a verdict, but the third jury found him guilty.† (The United States Department of Justice, 2014). The argument at hand is many feel DNA analysis is not most effective, when it has become the one form of evidence that have saved people’s lives.Show MoreRelatedIn the video â€Å"The Confessions† presented by Frontline, a murder of a women that was committed by600 Words   |  3 Pages In the video â€Å"The Confessions† presented by Frontline, a murder of a women that was committed by one man, quickly resulted into a false gang murder-rape scene committed by eight men. 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