Friday, August 08, 2008
DNA Science May Be Flawless, But Lab Workers Are Not
A frightening case from Australia: A man convicted of murdering a mother and then raping and murdering her young daughter in 1984 was exonerated because police realized that a sample of the man's DNA (obtained elsewhere) had been accidentally mixed with DNA from the crime scene. Now Australian police will reexamine over 7,000 convictions where DNA evidence was used to see if there were other errors. What do you want to bet this is not just an Australian problem?
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"Frightening?" I have been terrified for 10 years after reading "Tainting Evidence: Behind the Scandals at the FBI Crime Lab" in 1998.
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