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It was actually worse than that. A lot of hair-based evidence wasn't even based on DNA, as there was no technology to sequence it at the time. It was from "expe
by xyzzyz 5y ago
It was actually worse than that. A lot of hair-based evidence wasn't even based on DNA, as there was no technology to sequence it at the time. It was from "experts" looking at hairs under microscope, comparing the "types" and "features", and seeing if they "match", according to their expert understanding. Suffice to say, their accuracy had zero nines at the front.