After his 28 years in prison, freed by DNA tests, Donald Eugene Gates reflected on the difficulty of adjusting to his new life, telling the Washington Post: “Things are very different now, and I have to get used to it. It’s strange. But it feels so good. Man, it feels very good.” Twenty-eight years later, the world had changed in so many ways (the Internet, smart phones, social media and, of course, DNA testing). Three more years have passed since he was exonerated in Washington D.C., though, and the same problems with forensics remain.

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Brandon L. Garrett, Science, Standards and Forensics: Part III, Huffington Post (September 10, 2012).
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