1. Actual Innocence
... slightly mentally retarded and was mistaken to be the rapist, identified by an eyewitness. Chapter two speaks of an invention called PCR. It is referred to as the "DNA fingerprint test (pg.36)." This discovery could be used in criminal investigations to prove the guilty criminal. It explains how before PCR, the most sophisticated way to identify a suspect was by blood ... Coakley due to the fact that bacteria had eaten away at the DNA, which is a much smaller molecule than blood. Chapter three discusses the fact that eyewitnesses, especially those under stress are notoriously inaccurate...
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