Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime

by Val McDermid

In the USA alone 314 people who were languishing in jail, some on Death Row, have been exonerated because of new DNA evidence.

‘Some people still have a false image of profiling. They think that the profiler is going to come along and say he’s left-handed, ginger-haired, five foot six, and supports [Manchester] City.

It has certainly reminded me of what I have known for a long time – the work itself is amazing and the people who do it are, frankly, awesome.