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DNA is only circumstantial. Being a suspect is harmful. Hence DNA testing could make innocent people suspects and thus harm them. Since harming innocents is b
by rocqua 7y ago
DNA is only circumstantial. Being a suspect is harmful.
Hence DNA testing could make innocent people suspects and thus harm them.
Since harming innocents is bad, there is a downside to wide usage of DNA tests. Whether tgat downside weighs up against the upside is a debate. But we need to acknowledge there is a debate to be had.
- whack 7y agoSure, but I think it's also worth acknowledging that suspects get identified all the time on the basis of circumstantial evidence far flimsier than DNA traces. The "burden of proof" needed for the police to investigate someone as a suspect is extremely low, for good reasons.