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Essay Instructions: I need a 3 page essay on DNA finger printing.
What is it?
How does it work?
What is it used for?
How is it useful?
And more general stuff about DNA printing.
MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL
NO COMPLICATED WORDS AND FACTS

Essay Instructions: Please answer the following 2 questions in a question/answer format. Only use the websites provided below for your research. References should be in APA format.

Question #1 - How has the use of DNA contributed to the exoneration of the innocent (Answer needs to be 2 pages)

Question #2 - How successful is this process compared to the number cases?

ONLY USE THESE WEBSITES BELOW FOR YOUR RESEARCH. PROPER APA FORMAT IS REQUIRED.
http://www.aclu.org/capital-punishment/dna-testing-and-death-penalty
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/dnaevid.pdf
http://www.nij.gov/pubs-sum/161258.htm
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/03/bennett_barbour_exonerated_of_rape_in_virginia_how_the_state_is_botching_the_dna_retesting_and_notification_of_old_cases.html
http://www.innocenceproject.org/know/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/etc/faqsreal.html
http://www.mintpressnews.com/33-convicted-of-sex-crimes-could-be-exonerated-by-virginia-dna-project/
http://www.justice.gov/ag/dnapolicybook_solve_crimes.htm
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2013/03/dna_at_the_supreme_court_the_case_for_a_universal_database.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/02/24/dna-supreme-court-murder-rape-arrest-search/1939127/
http://www.nij.gov/journals/253/dna_analysis.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/26/justice/supreme-court-dna
http://www.psmag.com/legal-affairs/the-right-and-privilege-of-post-conviction-dna-testing-47781/

Essay Instructions: The paper can be on any issue relating to the use of DNA in criminal justice. Areas include, ethical use, DNA typing, DNA databases, DNA for exoneration, historical use of DNA, DNA as evidence, Biological or Genetic Determinism as it relates to the "criminal gene"

Essay Instructions: Structure of dna/rna; replication; transcription; translation; protein synthesis; ribosomes; dna polymerase; rna polymerase; genetic code. The total paper is to be 5 pages (there can be graphics, drawings).