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I took a course in college where we studied the basic process of DNA amplification. We were just learning at a theoretical level, but from what I understand al
by harimau777 8y ago
I took a course in college where we studied the basic process of DNA amplification. We were just learning at a theoretical level, but from what I understand almost anyone with access to a university biology lab and the associated training could easily create copies of a DNA sample. Doesn't that mean that it would be relatively easy for something like an intelligence organization to frame someone for a crime?
- robinwassen 8y agoI guess they could point the suspicion to someone innocent, but I would be surprised if law enforcement didn't validate the DNA before sentencing a crime.
- HarryHirsch 8y agoThe cops have no incentive to run confirmations, for leadership to be re-elected they must appear "tough on crime" or something. There are just no consequences for false positives. In Orlando the police arrested a fellow after a field test indicated that a box of donuts was coated in meth: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-krispy-kreme-glaze-orlando-police-20171012-story.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-krispy... In North Carolina the police arrested several men after a field test that identified sugar as fentanyl: https://wtkr.com/2018/08/29/2m-worth-of-fentanyl-seized-in-bust-turns-out-to-be-sugar-lab-finds/ https://wtkr.com/2018/08/29/2m-worth-of-fentanyl-seized-in-b... It's well known that that sort of test isn't specific for anything and merely gives law enforcement a pretext to arrest a nogoodnik they deem guilty. Why would anyone trust them to act different with DNA? The police's business is arrests, matches are good for arrests, confirmatory tests are bad for arrests, hence no checks.
- User23 8y agoIt's not impossible that it really was fentanyl and some dirty cops stole it.