April 19, 1996 · Cavalier Daily

DNA Finds Man Guilty, Not Guilty

In 1992, after serving 11 years in prison for rape, Kerry Kotler becomes one of the first convicts in the United States to be liberated by DNA evidence. In this article, he is charged with another rape on the basis of DNA evidence, which determines that his semen matches that found on the victim's clothing. Prosecutors speculate that the DNA used in the previous case had been contaminated, thus resulting in a false negative result that enabled Kotler to be released.

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1996-04-19 Cavalier Daily DNA Finds Man Guilty, Not Guilty.pdf
Subject
College student newspapers and periodicals
Rape
Rape--Investigation
Mass media
Creator
Pat Milton
Source
Cavalier Daily
Publisher
Cavalier Daily
Date
1996-04-19
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Date Modifed July 20, 2016
Collection Cavalier Daily: articles about sexual violence

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