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Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 329-332 , September 2008

Forensic DNA evidence and the death penalty in the Philippines

M.C.A. De Ungria
- DNA Analysis Laboratory, Natural Sciences Research Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 63 2 9252965; fax: +1 63 2 9252965.
M.S. Sagum
- DNA Analysis Laboratory, Natural Sciences Research Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
G.C. Calacal
- DNA Analysis Laboratory, Natural Sciences Research Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
F.C. Delfin
- DNA Analysis Laboratory, Natural Sciences Research Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
K.A. Tabbada
- DNA Analysis Laboratory, Natural Sciences Research Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
M.R.M. Dalet
- DNA Analysis Laboratory, Natural Sciences Research Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
T.O. Te
- Free Legal Assistance Group, Cabrera II Building, Timog Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines
- College of Law, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
J.I. Diokno
- Free Legal Assistance Group, Cabrera II Building, Timog Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines
M.S.I. Diokno
- Free Legal Assistance Group, Cabrera II Building, Timog Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines
C.A. Asplen
- Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs, 122 C Street NW Suite 220 Washington, DC, USA

Received 4 February 2008 ,Revised 31 March 2008 ,Accepted 20 April 2008.

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