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Current Controversies In The Use Of Dna In Forensic Investigations, Samuel Hodge
Current Controversies In The Use Of Dna In Forensic Investigations, Samuel Hodge
University of Baltimore Law Review
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Innovating Criminal Justice, Natalie Ram
Innovating Criminal Justice, Natalie Ram
All Faculty Scholarship
From secret stingray devices that can pinpoint a suspect’s location, to advanced forensic DNA-analysis tools, to recidivism risk statistic software—the use of privately developed criminal justice technologies is growing. So too is a concomitant pattern of trade secret assertion surrounding these technologies. This Article charts the role of private law secrecy in shielding criminal justice activities, demonstrating that such secrecy is pervasive, problematic, and ultimately unnecessary for the production of well-designed criminal justice tools. This Article makes three contributions to the existing literature. First, the Article establishes that trade secrecy now permeates American criminal justice, shielding privately developed criminal justice …