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DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show

By Steve Hall

That's the title of a report in the Tuesday edition of the New York Times written by Andrew Pollock.  LINKScientists in Israel have demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate DNA evidence, undermining the credibility of what has been considered the gold standard of proof in criminal cases. The scientists fabricated blood and saliva samples containing DNA from a person other than the donor of the blood and saliva. They also showed that if they had access to a DNA profile in a database, they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person. ?You can just engineer a crime scene,? said Dan Frumkin, lead author of the paper, which has been published online by the journal Forensic Science International: Genetics...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 19, 2009 (boomark / email).