Use of DNA Evidence Flashcards
Investigating Crime (convict)
R v Xie 2017 (NSW SC) - convict offender
Investigating Crime (exclude)
“Mass DNA screening caught a Wee Waa rapist”
The Age 2016
Safeguards - how they are authorised
P3 & P5 - how they are authorised
Safeguards - rules around collection
P6 - rules around collection
Safeguards - Destruction of forensic material
P10 & P11 - Destruction of forensic material
International - privacy & dignity rights
Article 10 ICCPR - privacy & dignity rights
International - unlawful interference with privacy
Article 17 ICCPR - unlawful interference with privacy
CSI Effect
The CSI effect: are jurors starstruck by forensic evidence?
The Conversation 2011
CSI Effect (stats)
“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
Secondary Transfer
Fitzgerald v the Queen 2014 (HCA)
Laboratory Error
R v Jama 2008 (MEL CC) - no right to compensation
Challenge conviction (quote)
“A black day in the history of administration to criminal justice in Queensland”
Appellate Judge Williams
Challenge conviction
R v Button 2001 (QCA)
DNA Review Panel
“[DNA Review Panel] failed to correct a single miscarriage of justice”
USYD 2016
Back-Capture legislation
PT7A - retrospective matching of formers offenders DNA