DNA fingerprinting, invented by Sir Alec Jeffreys is considered a "gold standard" crime fighting technology. It's based on the fact that everyone's genome is unique (apart from identical twins) and has proved to be pretty persuasive in the courtroom. However, like all technology it is not infallible, but could its credibility be undermined by a team of scientists in Israel who have demonstrated that it is possible to manipulate a crime scene by faking DNA evidence?
Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/science/genetics/articles/46174.aspx
To get his hands on his inheritance, Jason Warren has to convince a jury that his step father, who had been convicted of killing his mother, did not commit the crime he was convicted of. Hal Warren was convicted solely on DNA found at the crime scene. But he always claimed he did not murder his wife. Read more in Beyond Reasonable Doubt, the novel by Dennis Gelbaum.
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