Casey Prosecutor No Stranger To Courtroom Science - WESH

by mom_in_il Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:53 pm

Casey Prosecutor No Stranger To Courtroom Science
Jeff Ashton Gained First Conviction Based On DNA

POSTED: 4:38 pm EDT March 28, 2011
UPDATED: 5:51 pm EDT March 28, 2011

Excerpt:

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Before it became a worldwide law enforcement tool for helping to both convict and free suspects in crimes like rape, DNA got its first courtroom test in Orange County, Fla.

Now the prosecutor who convinced a jury to put their faith in new science is trying to do it again in the case against Casey Anthony.

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The idea of using cutting-edge techniques is nothing new to the senior prosecutor in the case, Jeff Ashton.

Ashton gained the world's first DNA conviction of a rapist more than 20 years ago.

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