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You & The Law: DNA not the solution

WBFO-FM 88.7 | By Mike Desmond
Published March 18, 2016 at 6:00 PM EDT

While DNA is the lodestone for crime stories on TV shows, it isn't always in real life. That's what attorney Florina Altshiler is talking about on this week's You & The Law, that DNA isn't always key in sexual assault cases.
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Local sexual assaultDNAjuriesHe Said-She SaidFlorina Altshiler
Mike Desmond
Mike Desmond is one of Western New York’s most experienced reporters, having spent nearly a half-century covering the region for newspapers, television stations and public radio. He has been with WBFO and its predecessor, WNED-AM, since 1988. As a reporter for WBFO, he has covered literally thousands of stories involving education, science, business, the environment and many other issues. Mike has been a long-time theater reviewer for a variety of publications and was formerly a part-time reporter for The New York Times.
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