Hero Of Innocence Movement: Edward T Blake

Hero Of Innocence Movement: Edward T Blake

He was the first to use PCR testing on crime-scene DNA, inspiring a practice that has freed thousands of wrongfully convicted people.

Edward T. Blake passed away due to pancreatic cancer at the age of 80. He is credited with being THE forensic expert that sparked the Innocence Movement, using PCR to help set wrongfully convicted people free.

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go behind the scenes of the life of Forensic Scientist Edward T. Blake and explore how the technology he helped develop showed up on the big screen as Jurassic Park but showed up in courtrooms across the country as a way to prove a convicted person innocent of the crime as charged.

Transcribe Highlights
00:00.03 Introduction

02:12.96 Edward Blake has died, led to exoneration of more than 50 people

06:26.42 Peter Neufeld calls Edward Blake the Ted Williams of DNA

09:53.90 What is a "forensic prostitute"

15:16.69 using fragmented DNA

20:08.12 DNA Replication and Jurassic Park

25:08.04 Blake was a problem solver

30:12.93 Work as a forensic scientist

35:07.77 Testing methodology

40:01.81 Blake set the standard

42:07.71 Conclusion

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