Decompositional processes depend on temperature, humidity, and light, as well as on animals that can access the body. In low-level cases, suicides, or cases of self-neglect especially, these factors are not always taken into consideration because a full investigation may not have taken place.
Read MoreA routine rape case that became tricky (and educational)
After attending this presentation, attendees will understand why it is important to listen to the victim and relatives, who do not fully understand the objective DNA evidence, but who point in a relevant direction relating to procedural failures of police and crime labs.
Read MoreCoding or non-coding, that is the question
Having solved the last technical hurdles to extract DNA information from virtually any biological material, forensic biologists now have to ponder the ethical and social questions of using information from exonic DNA.
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