“Forensic DNA Analysis, and in particular interpreting complex DNA mixtures and calculating statistics, can be challenging.”

That is the understated headline of the FBI’s newest training titled “ACSLD Webinair: DNA Standards and Guidelines” that was presented last week.

Here are some the reasons we should gain a bit of knowledge for a broader perspective on all things FBI and Forensics and their “challenges.”

• FBI notifies crime labs of errors used in DNA match calculations since 1999
• The public fear wrongful arrests and convictions due to DNA database mistakes, errors and fraud.
• The false promise of DNA testing.
• The potential for error in DNA testing
• Jeff Session wants to keep forensics in the Dark Ages