DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

[mingwan0]

An interesting link has appeared on a website devoted to an ongoing appeal over a rape conviction:

http://www.benlaguer.com/id16.html

The link is towards the bottom of the page:

Tony Frudakis, a director of DNAPrint genomics

Also interesting is the link beneath:

Prof. Willaim C. Thompson (U.C. Irvine)

This is the same person that appeared here:

http://bioforensics.com/conference/Racial%20Identification/

Professor Bill Thompson is a Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law & Society at the University of California, Irvine, and editor of an on-line journal about forensic DNA evidence, Scientific Testimony. In addition to a J.D., Bill has earned a Ph.D. in Psychology. Before joining the UIC faculty in 1983, he practiced law in the San Francisco Bay area. Bill argued the first case concerning the admissibility of DNA evidence before the New Mexico Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, and was the first attorney in California to successfully challenge the admissibility of an FBI DNA test. He was been prominently involved in many high-profile criminal trials, including O.J. Simpson, Sammy Marshall, John Cuff, and Dirk Greineder.

I do not know why these two are linked on this page, in particular Tony, but an obvious theory presents itself.

This case notwithstanding it is IMO a matter of time before DNAP contributes towards the overturning of a wrongful conviction - which is at least as important as helping police in their search for crime suspects.