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It's not a matter of determining the law; more often than not it's determining who is lying. Sometimes this is relatively easy ("you left blood with your DNA a
by bpodgursky 4y ago
It's not a matter of determining the law; more often than not it's determining who is lying.
Sometimes this is relatively easy ("you left blood with your DNA at the scene") and sometimes hard (you have 3 eyewitnesses, they have 7 people claiming an alibi).
- ummonk 4y ago> Sometimes this is relatively easy ("you left blood with your DNA at the scene") Not so easy when you realize that DNA labs are shockingly prone to making type II errors.
- Xylakant 4y agoAnd other problems with sampling: There’s the famous case of the “Phantom von Heilbronn”, where the same DNA was found on 40 unrelated crime scenes in multiple countries. In the end, it was found to belong to a worker in the factory that made the swabs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_of_Heilbronn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_of_Heilbronn
- Gibbon1 4y agoThere was hopeless alcoholic in San Hoser who was arrested for murdering a businessman in Palo Alto. Turned out the same paramedic that helped take him to the hospital earlier in the day also was called to the scene of the murder. Some how DNA from hopeless drunk guy ended up under the fingernails of the victim.