Overview

Justice Through Science is a nonprofit public charity whose mission is bringing better science into criminal justice through forensic education and public service Criminal justice needs better science. DNA can be vital forensic evidence. A crime laboratory turns biological evidence into scientific data. But with mixed DNA from two or more people, labs often cannot transform their data into useful information. As a result, hundreds of thousands of evidence items are not fully used to pursue the guilty or free the innocent. Justice Through Science helps bridge this information gap. For better justice through science, trial lawyers and judges introduce modern DNA evidence. Using computers, statistical scientists unmix DNA mixtures and testify in court. Journalists explain modern DNA science to their readers. Justice Through Science provides forensic education for these professionals. For better justice through science, scientists and their students use computers to find useful information in unreported DNA. Lawyers and students bring better DNA science into criminal cases. Justice Through Science programs offer public services to enable this success.