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Cold Case Hits Use Vastly Exaggerated DNA “Match” Statistics; Upheld by California Supreme Court

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2009 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News January, 2009, page 24
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution. Location: California.

Cold Case Hits Use Vastly Exaggerated DNA “Match” Statistics; Upheld by California Supreme Court

by Matt Clarke

A recent California murder trial has highlighted serious problems in the probability statistics used to determine the odds of DNA matches in cases that involve DNA database searches. However, the California Supreme Court ...

 

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