Flawed DNA Testing
Cocept Map
Thesis and Detailed Plan
Thesis: DNA testing has played a crucial
role in being a legal tool and helped in uncovering wrongful convictions in the
Criminal Justice System but it still needs some improvement.
Research Plan:
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paragraph 1: Definition of DNA testing, its overall background info, how it was
used in the early days and how it is used now
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para 2: description of two standards to judge admissibility and its challenges.
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para 3: detailed analysis of state and federal laws to make DNA testing a legal
tool by using the Criminal Research Service document
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para 4: Describe the importance of the emergence of Combined DNA index system
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para 5: How DNA testing is used as a tool to exonerate convicted people and why
it has been a reliable source. Heavily focus on the information provided by the
U.S. Department of Justice and the National Institute of Justice website
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para 6 and 7: Use of pathos. Use the Innocence project to speak about specific
cases (Clarence Harrison and Kennedy Brewer). Use the article written by
Atlantic to further support the main point. Brief mention of statistics on
Unvalidated or Improper Forensic Science
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para 8: Additional problems with DNA testing and needs of improvement. Race as
a problem and corrupt people like Chemist Annie Dookhan (New York Times)
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para 9 and 10: Possible solutions (eliminating backlogs, training
professionals, grants). Use Department of Justice website and Criminal Research
Service as powerful sources
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para 11: Use another source on Anna Dookhan and transition to the conclusion
using her story.
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