August 1996
Desert News: SERI performs tests for murder trial that state lab can’t do.
"A judge will allow a DNA expert to testify in the murder trial of a man charged in the death of his estranged wife." "The DNA testing was done by a private Richmond, Calif., lab [...]
January 1996
The Exoneration of Ray Krone
During Ray Krone's second trial, SERI provided exculpatory DNA evidence that was heard, but ultimately ignored, by the jury who convicted Krone a second time. Additional DNA evidence contributed to Krone's exoneration in 2002. Read [...]
August 1995
San Pedro News Pilot: SERI Helps ID El Segundo Bombing Suspect
SERI analyzes DNA from saliva of mailed bomb envelopes in El Segundo Police Department's first ever DNA-related case.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Gary Harmor testifies about PCR testing.
"On Monday, the prosecution's main witness was Gary Harmor, co-founder of the laboratory that did the state's DNA tests in the Link case. Harmor, a forensic serologist, described PCR testing, in which a tiny amount [...]
August 1994
Daily World: Brian Wraxall gives background information on OJ Simpson lab work.
"Brian Wraxall, chief forensic serologist for the Serological Institute, a private forensic laboratory in Richmond, Calif., said he cannot pinpoint the value of a RFLP match in the Simpson case until he knows how many [...]
November 1993
Chicago Tribune: Brian Wraxall rules out suspect as source of biological fluids.
"Brian Wraxall, a forensic scientist from California, testified Tuesday morning that none of the DNA tests of more than a dozen items from the crime scene matched Rivera's blood or semen. A DNA test of [...]
September 1992
The Akron Beacon Journal: SERI DNA Test Exonerates Man of Rape
The availability of a rare test offered at SERI allows Wyatt Broadhead to be exonerated.
May 1992
The La Crosse Tribune: Gary Harmor explains SERI results of sexual assault analysis
"According to information from the Serological Research Institute, Richmond, Calif., analysis of sperm DNA from White's body and from Amundson in December 1991 showed an almost perfect match. 'There is no evidence that semen on [...]
January 1992
The Post-Crescent: Brian Wraxall testifies that shirt stains are consistent with victim’s blood.
"Brian Wraxall, a native of England who works at the Serological Research Institute in Richmond, Calif., also told the jury that bloodstains found on the shirt Coon was wearing on the day of the murder [...]
April 1991
The Sacramento Bee: SERI work cited in civil trial
"In the civil trial before Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Taber, Williams has claimed that lab tests performed by Serological Research Institute in Richmond could have been used to prove him innocent if they [...]
March 1990
Log Angeles Times: Brian Wraxall testifies blood could be from only 0.044% of the population.
"Other testimony was given Thursday by Brian Wraxall, a forensic serologist, who tested blood recovered from Radke's car. By testing two genetic markers, Wraxall said, it was determined that the blood found under two of [...]
September 1989
Los Angeles Times: SERI links bloodstains to murder suspect.
SERI performed the early serology testing linking critical bloodstains to David Lucas. After a year of fighting to introduce this evidence in court, the prosecution was able to eventually secure Lucas' conviction in 1989. Read [...]