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Feature April 19
Framed for Murder By His Own DNA
We leave traces of our genetic material everywhere, even on things we’ve never touched. That got Lukis Anderson charged with a brutal crime he didn’t commit.
By Katie Worth
Case in Point February 13
Doesn’t Anyone Want to Know Who Killed Louise Cicelsky?
New York prosecutors object to new DNA testing that might answer questions left unanswered at a murder trial.
By Andrew Cohen
Case in Point August 8, 2017
The Weakest Link Standard
A Massachusetts case suggests a different way of judging evidence.
By Andrew Cohen
News January 18, 2017
24,000 Defendants Get a New Chance at Justice in Drug-Lab Scandal
Some deportees gain, too, but no one knows how many are affected.
By Christie Thompson
News December 12, 2016
Was the Robber 6-foot-3 or 5-foot-6?
Testing the reliability of video analysis.
By Maurice Chammah
Case in Point September 26, 2016
The DNA Tests That Came Too Late to Save Two Men
Percell Warren and Nathaniel Epps died while fighting a rape conviction — but their battle still goes on.
By Andrew Cohen
News February 25, 2016
Listen to Our First Collaboration with “This American Life”
“An Anatomy of Doubt,” a young woman’s story of rape and redemption, debuts Friday.
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Commentary December 21, 2015
Next Year in Criminal Justice
Three themes that will trend, three that won’t
By Andrew Cohen
News December 17, 2015
The Best Reporting on Rape
A Marshall Project reading list.
By Pedro Burgos and Blair Hickman
Feature June 24, 2015
The Surprisingly Imperfect Science of DNA Testing
How a proven tool may be anything but.
By Katie Worth

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