Mike Redmayne

Law professor who undertook pioneering research into the use of forensic evidence in legal casesThe law professor Mike Redmayne, who has died of cancer aged 47, was a pioneer in criminal justice scholarship whose research into the use of forensic evidence in legal proceedings started to appear once the courts began to admit DNA analysis in criminal trials from the late 1980s onwards.He readily conceded that forensic testing made for more secure convictions, and that many wrongly convicted defend