Use of DNA Evidence Flashcards

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Investigating Crime (convict)

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R v Xie 2017 (NSW SC) - convict offender

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Investigating Crime (exclude)

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“Mass DNA screening caught a Wee Waa rapist”
The Age 2016

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Safeguards - how they are authorised

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P3 & P5 - how they are authorised

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4
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Safeguards - rules around collection

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P6 - rules around collection

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5
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Safeguards - Destruction of forensic material

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P10 & P11 - Destruction of forensic material

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6
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International - privacy & dignity rights

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Article 10 ICCPR - privacy & dignity rights

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International - unlawful interference with privacy

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Article 17 ICCPR - unlawful interference with privacy

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CSI Effect

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The CSI effect: are jurors starstruck by forensic evidence?
The Conversation 2011

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9
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CSI Effect (stats)

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“the presentation of DNA evidence by the prosecution resulted in a 33-fold increase in the likelihood that a jury would find the offender guilty”
Australian Institute of Criminology 2015

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10
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Secondary Transfer

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Fitzgerald v the Queen 2014 (HCA)

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Laboratory Error

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R v Jama 2008 (MEL CC) - no right to compensation

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Challenge conviction (quote)

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“A black day in the history of administration to criminal justice in Queensland”
Appellate Judge Williams

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12
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Challenge conviction

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R v Button 2001 (QCA)

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13
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DNA Review Panel

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“[DNA Review Panel] failed to correct a single miscarriage of justice”
USYD 2016

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14
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Back-Capture legislation

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PT7A - retrospective matching of formers offenders DNA

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15
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Back-Capture (critisism)

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“not only speculative & unfair, it casts the net far too wide”
David Porter RLC 2015

16
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Back-Capture (safety?)

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“is [it] appropriate for police to door-knock for DNA on people unlikely to be a danger to the community David Porter RLC 2015

17
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Back-Capture (spent convictions)

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“Stigmatising [spent convictions]… even though they are not suspected of anything at all
David Porter RLC 2015