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Dna Testing

Crime

Unmaking a Murderer

Inside the effort to exonerate the “Starved Rock Killer.” After 60 years behind bars for one of this state’s most infamous crimes, Chester Weger is out to prove his innocence with DNA testing.

Jake Malooley Chicago Magazine Dec 2021 50min Permalink

Crime Science

Family Secrets

How your family tree could catch a killer.

Raffi Khatchadourian New Yorker Nov 2021 50min Permalink

Crime

“It’s the Most Outrageous Thing I’ve Ever Seen. It Makes No Sense.”

DNA evidence proved Lydell Grant’s innocence. So why won’t the state’s highest criminal court exonerate him?

Michael Hall Texas Monthly Oct 2020 40min Permalink

Crime

The Mother and the Murderer

He was jailed for killing her daughter. Then she feared the police had the wrong man.

Gareth Evans BBC Mar 2020 30min Permalink

Crime Science

A Brutal Inheritance

His DNA solved a century-old jailhouse rape. The victim: his grandmother.

Virginia Hughes Buzzfeed Jun 2019 20min Permalink

Crime

The Fertility Doctor’s Secret

Donald Cline must have thought no one would ever know. Then DNA testing came along.

Sarah Zhang The Atlantic Mar 2019 30min Permalink