{"product_id":"inside-the-cell-the-dark-side-of-forensic-dna-9781568584690","title":"Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA","description":"Josiah Sutton was convicted of rape. He was five inches shorter and 65 pounds lighter than the suspect described by the victim, but at trial a lab analyst testified that his DNA was found at the crime scene. His case looked like many others -- arrest, swab, match, conviction. But there was just one problem -- Sutton was innocent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We think of DNA forensics as an infallible science that catches the bad guys and exonerates the innocent. But when the science goes rogue, it can lead to a gross miscarriage of justice. Erin Murphy exposes the dark side of forensic DNA testing: crime labs that receive little oversight and produce inconsistent results; prosecutors who push to test smaller and poorer-quality samples, inviting error and bias; law-enforcement officers who compile massive, unregulated, and racially skewed DNA databases; and industry lobbyists who push policies of \"stop and spit.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e DNA testing is rightly seen as a transformative technological breakthrough, but we should be wary of placing such a powerful weapon in the hands of the same broken criminal justice system that has produced mass incarceration, privileged government interests over personal privacy, and all too often enforced the law in a biased or unjust manner. \u003ci\u003eInside the Cell\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the truth about forensic DNA, and shows us what it will take to harness the power of genetic identification in service of accuracy and fairness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at NYU School of Law and an expert in DNA forensics. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School. In addition to scholarly journals, her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eScientific American, New York Times, USA Today, Slate, San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Follow her on Twitter @ErinMurphysLaw.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bold Type Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527863374098,"sku":"9781568584690","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5d9dcd30-f199-40bf-abaf-01fadfe0d85f.jpg?v=1731315794","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/inside-the-cell-the-dark-side-of-forensic-dna-9781568584690","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}