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DNA Evidence is Only as Reliable as the People and Methods Used to Examine It

By Ron Chapman

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DNA profiling is a method used by forensic scientists to help identify a criminal suspect based upon his unique genetic code. If you watch some of the crime-scene shows that appear frequently on television, you would think that DNA profiling is infallible. (In fact, one prosecutor in a case that I tried referred to DNA as the "gold standard" of evidence.) But is DNA profiling really infallible? The answer depends upon whether the individual doing the testing is qualified to do so and whether the testing methods that she uses are sound. In 2005, the United States Congress passed a law authorizing the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study on such areas of forensic science as fingerprint evidence, firearms examinations, and DNA evidence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).

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