Forensics: How Your DNA—or Someone Else’s—Can Send You to Jail

Posted on May 15, 2021 by csidds

Although DNA is individual to you—a “fingerprint” of your genetic code—DNA samples don’t always tell a complete story. The DNA samples used in criminal prosecutions are generally of low quality, making them particularly complicated to analyze. They are not very concentrated, not very complete, or…
— Read on www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/05/how-your-dna-or-someone-elses-can-send-you-jail

About csidds

Dr. Michael Bowers is a long time forensic consultant in the US and international court systems.
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