Lee Davis - The State vs. Paul Ware! The 1st Time Mitochondrial DNA Evidence Was Used In Court!

Attorney Lee Davis - joins David and Clint in studio to talk about a precedent setting case! The State vs. Paul Ware - the rape and murder of a 4 year old girl! Courtroom processes - testimonies - trips to FBI headquarters - pressure to get it right when using new technology - and much more! They also covered a few other cases that impacted the use of DNA cases moving forward! PLUS - why did Lee move from the prosecution side to the criminal defense side!

MORE about the case - In September 1996, a new evidence tool was used for the FIRST TIME in a United States courtroom. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evidence was introduced in a Tennessee murder prosecution against twenty-seven-year-old Paul Ware. Without the mtDNA results there was only circumstantial evidence pointing to Ware as the suspect in the rape and murder of a fouryear-old girl. The defense claimed that another man in the home, the babysitter, had framed Ware, who was found drunk and asleep next to the body of the child.

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