Re:Apple health data used in murder trial
by deanishe on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @04:03PM
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Isn’t this misuse of DNA data literally called the “prosecutor‘s fallacy”?
The DA says, “there’s a million-to-one chance it wasn’t this dude.”
Without any other evidence linking the purported perp to the crime, the reality is that the DNA only shows he’s one of 350 people who could have done it (assuming a population of 350m).
The DA says, “there’s a million-to-one chance it wasn’t this dude.”
Without any other evidence linking the purported perp to the crime, the reality is that the DNA only shows he’s one of 350 people who could have done it (assuming a population of 350m).