Teacher Overhead #2

60 Minutes/DNA

1. Where can DNA evidence be found?

2. Newfeld and Sheck use DNA evidence to clear people who have already been convicted of crimes. How do they do this? How credible is the evidence to the court?

3. Why did the prosecutor of Brian Pesack accept DNA evidence while the prosecutor of Jim Wade was skeptical?

4. Why do some states not allow DNA evidence as "new evidence" to retry a case?

5. Why are Newfeld and Sheck working for O.J.?

6. How is DNA evidence used to prove guilt?

7. How accurate is DNA evidence?

8. What threatens the credibility of the DNA evidence?

9. Will DNA testing be enough to convict O.J.?

10. What new conclusions about the use of DNA evidence in court have you reached?