Countering Dna: Challenges Address Human Factor of Scientific Analysis
Missouri Lawyers Media › December 22, 2009
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So you're sitting in your law office, handling routine matters such as defending traffic tickets and drunken-driving charges, when you hear from a potential client with a doozy of a problem.
He must explain where he was 15 years ago when a little girl was killed - and why his DNA is on a piece of clothing from the scene.See the full content of this document
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Countering Dna: Challenges Address Human Factor of Scientific Analysis
What do you do?
DNA is one area where a 2009 National Academy of Sciences report critical of the scientific basis for forensic evidence is not very helpful to the defense. It called DNA the forensic technique backed by the most solid science."With the exception of nuclear DNA analysis ... no forensic method has been rigorously shown to have the capacity to consistently, and with a high degree of certainty, demonstrate a connection between evidence and a specific individual...See the full content of this document
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