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DNA matching is shockingly precise, it absolutely should be the gold standard for evidence. Unfortunately, there have been multiple cases where it turns out th
by samatman 5y ago
DNA matching is shockingly precise, it absolutely should be the gold standard for evidence.
Unfortunately, there have been multiple cases where it turns out the forensic analysis simply wasn't performed, the technician just put whatever the prosecutor wanted to see on the form.
Easy way around this is double-blinding the evidence. The fact that this isn't done should make DNA evidence inadmissible in court until the relevant authorities clean up their act.
- tbyehl 5y agoAside from human factors, the use of "touch" DNA analysis is absolutely frightening. The presence of someone's DNA at a crime scene is not necessarily evidence that they were ever there. https://www.wired.com/story/dna-transfer-framed-murder/ https://www.wired.com/story/dna-transfer-framed-murder/ https://outline.com/f9njZV https://outline.com/f9njZV