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Maybe the same lab shouldn't even be testing both samples. Just send the sample from the victim to lab #A and same from the accused to lab #B and compare the di
by UnoriginalGuy 11y ago
Maybe the same lab shouldn't even be testing both samples. Just send the sample from the victim to lab #A and same from the accused to lab #B and compare the digital results.
The two samples shouldn't be sent in together, there is absolutely no benefit in that. Plus the lab shouldn't know what they're testing so there can be no accusations of bias/manipulation (e.g. "this person is definitely a child rapist, if you guys find this DNA matches this child rapist goes to jail, if it doesn't' (wink wink) then they go free").
The anonymous digital results can then be shipped to the defence so that they can double-check the degree of similarity with an expert of their own.
- bane 11y agoI see where you're coming from, but I'd be concerned if one of the labs has a broken process somewhere (or contaminates the sample) that it would produce a false negative and a possible match would not be found -- thereby leaving a bad person out in the wild.
- mattstreet 11y agoI'd rather a false negative than a false positive. Too many people already feel they can't call the cops as it is when they truly need help.