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Oct. 28, 2009 Postmarks
Forensic Fallibility
A new report shows that forensic science ain't all it's cracked up to be
"...forensic disciplines created equal: With the singular exception of DNA analysis, "no forensic method" – such as fingerprint, tool-mark,..."
Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Cole's Posthumous Exoneration Is First for Texas
In clearing Timothy Cole's name, Travis Co. judge does what Lubbock officials refused to do
"...Mallin – a rape he did not commit. Indeed, DNA testing conducted last year proved that Lubbock Co. police..."
Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Reed Loses Another Appeal
Yet another setback for death row inmate Rodney Reed
"...1996 after she'd failed to show up for work. DNA evidence found on Stites' body eventually led police to..."
Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith
APD Scores Low on Police Lineup Procedures
The Justice Project cites police department shortcomings when it comes to eyewitness identification of suspects
"...has played a role in 75% of the 223 DNA exonerations that have taken place nationwide. In Texas, mistaken..."
Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Cold Case Charges
Mexican native charged with capital murder in connection with two old cases
"...Department of Public Safety Crime Lab extracted a male DNA profile from evidence collected in the Graeber case, and..."
July 7, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Letters at 3AM
We are a community, we and the creatures. There are only a few tenths of a percent of difference between the chimpanzees' DNA and ours, yours, mine.
"...few tenths of a percent of difference between their DNA and ours, yours, mine...."
Aug. 5, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...rights, provides funding to state and local governments for DNA testing, and implements safeguards to prevent wrongful convictions and..."
Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Perry, BPP admit Houston crime lab victim is actually innocent
"...Sutton, who was falsely imprisoned for four years before DNA evidence exonerated him, Gov. Rick Perry on May 14..."
May 21, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Reed Appeals 'Conviction of an Innocent Man'
A federal appeal attacks the state's 'airtight" case against death-row inmate Rodney Reed.
"...HEB. The state's case was based solely on semen DNA that matched Reed -- no other physical evidence linked..."
Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Naked City
Jurors spent week four in the capital murder trial of Yogurt Shop Murders defendant Michael Scott considering DNA evidence and testimony from several of Scott's high school friends.
"...trial of Yogurt Shop Murders defendant Michael Scott considering DNA evidence and testimony from several of Scott's high school..."
Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith
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May 3, 2002 Column
Somebody Has to Die
The conviction of Robert Springsteen in the yogurt shop murders leaves many questions unanswered.
"...analysis of the fingerprints by a FBI expert and DNA analysis of the hairs by a private company, none..."
June 15, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Lines in the Sand
Austin Legislators Prepare to Redraw Their Own Districts -- While Doing Business as Usual
"...from five to 15 years -- since advances in DNA testing now make it possible to identify the perpetrator..."
Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose
Endorsements
"...Wayne Criner should be kept in jail although a DNA test administered after his conviction determined that the sperm..."
Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature
If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Republican Jill Warren is behind in the polls and going negative on her Democratic opponent Ann Kitchen, in the race for House District 48 in Travis County.
"...better make sure that what we're doing is fair." DNA testing is one piece of the puzzle that needs..."
Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico
Going for Broke
Fruit Salad Days
"...distribution system of their own. In addition, by operating DNA, they own the company most artists would eventually be..."
June 18, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer
The Thing Unspoken
"...really like your way of describing it as a DNA structure. It's a DNA structure, but it has different..."
May 14, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Alternate Histories
"...black ass, the jurors were put to sleep by DNA, which is incontrovertibly accurate. The evidence wasn't in any..."
Feb. 19, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett
Murder in the Suburbs
Good Luck Penny
"...-- in part because the most damning evidence was DNA and fingerprints, which are subject to varying interpretations and..."
Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy
New Tricks on South Congress
A Community Policing Success Story
"...says Donald Dodson, secretary of the Dawson Neighborhood Association (DNA), which adjoins South Congress between Oltorf and Ben White...."
June 14, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Queens of Drama
Glittercore black comedy goes all out on style
"...drag queen performance. Perhaps this is where the horror DNA inherent to previous Langlois efforts would be welcome: more..."
April 25, 2025 Movie Review by James Scott
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Colossal engineers used gene editing tools to combine the DNA of a gray wolf with the DNA from a..."
April 11, 2025 News Feature
Freaky Tales
Multi-storyline film features a quasi-mystical vision of Oakland in 1987
"...films – and Tarantino’s finest is undoubtedly in the DNA somewhere. But at a deeper level Freaky Tales calls..."
April 4, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Bird
Danger, nature, and coming of age in Andrea Arnold's latest
"...to the animal kingdom – to some ancient shared DNA – her characters feel. Pushing the conceit further, her..."
Nov. 29, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
SXSW Panel Recap: The First CRISPR Foods Have Arrived
Ready or not, more resilient food through DNA altering is here
"...plant or animal. Like, maybe part of a jellyfish’s DNA, spliced into tomatoes, will allow the plants to better..."
March 8, 2024 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
APD Found a Suspect in a Decades-Old Murder Case, but Then He Killed Himself
DNA led them to the suspect
"...burglar stabbed him multiple times, Sgt. Melanie Rodriguez said. DNA evidence confirmed the attacker was likely Kenneth Wayne Robbins...."
Feb. 8, 2024 News Post by Naina Srivastava
Why Is Art Acevedo Back Overseeing APD?
City manager picks controversial former chief as top deputy
"...Only a third of the kits wound up producing DNA evidence once they were tested, meaning the investigations into..."
Jan. 19, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon
The Eugenic Circus Comes to Town
A Downtown hotel is hosting a natalist, eugenics-aligned conference in December. Why Austin?
"...within populations. We're 99.9% genetically alike." As for Neanderthal DNA, Hawks has found that roughly as much as 2%..."
Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Fremont
Eccentric dramedy about an Afghan immigrant who works in a fortune cookie company
"...Jim Jarmusch, it shares much of the same tragicomic DNA as its 21st-century counterparts. In Fremont, we meet Donya..."
