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Forensic Discipline Used

This dimension names the forensic discipline that played a central role in a specific landmark case. Wikipedia notes that forensic scientists "testify as expert witnesses in both criminal and civil cases," testimony that in many landmark cases came from one particular forensic discipline. Browsing this way collects every case that relied on the same discipline.

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Origin Era
1984 1
Forensic Discipline Used
Sources
1. DNA Profiling (Wikipedia)
DNA profiling, Background section
Quote, DNA profiling, Background section
British geneticist Sir Alec Jeffreys independently developed a process for DNA profiling in 1984 while working in the Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester.
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