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Directed and Written by Jerry Thompson
Produced by Terence McKeown and Bette Thompson
Canadian Broadcasting Company, 1999
Distributed by Filmmakers Library Inc.
43 minutes
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Forensics
Film
The Gene Squad
In the spring of 1977, 12-year-old Carolyn Lee disappeared on a short walk from dance class to her parents' diner in Port Alberni, British Columbia. Though her body was found the next day and a suspect identified within a few weeks, the case took 21 years to come to trial. In those two decades, no new evidence was discovered but there was new technology - DNA profile matching...
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Essay
Gene Sleuths
When Thomas Jennings reached the end of his rope at the gallows of the Cook County jail in 1912, he became the first murderer to be executed in the United States after a verdict based on fingerprint identification. Seventy-five years later, convicted rapist Daniel Washington became the first prisoner to be exonerated due to DNA matching. Both were milestones in forensics—the validation of biological evidence for legal proceedings... Read the complete Essay ››
Suggested Reading
DNA Fingerprinting. Fridell, Ron. 112 pages. Watts. ISBN: 0-53111858-4. (2001). $24 Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science. Beavan, Colin. 256 pages. Hyperion. ISBN: 0-7868-6607-1. (May 2001). $22.95 What the Corpse Revealed: Murder and the Science of Forensic Detection. Miller, Hugh. St. Martin's. 256 pages. ISBN 0-312-20546-5. (Jun. 1999). $23.95. More suggested reading ››
Recommended Films
Killer's Trail Series: Nova.(1999) PBS. $19.95
How DNA evidence is being used to in the Marylin Sheppard murder case. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/ The Case for Innocence. Series: Frontline . (2000) PBS $19.98 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/case/ Requiem for Frank Lee Smith. Series: Frontline. (2002) 60 min. PBS $19.98
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/smith/ More Films ››
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