Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA testing kit

Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by geocar on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:26AM (#26065751)

If you knew someone was guilty, because of a preponderance of other evidence you have the utmost faith in, such as a professional law enforcement officers’ eyewitness account, and the DNA testing vendor you were evaluating said “not guilty”, what exactly would you expect to happen?

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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by boomboomsubban on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:11AM (#26066373)

That the eyewitness account would be discarded, they make for terrible evidence anyway.

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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by tekromancr on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:45AM (#26066885)

I think it is REALLY hard to overstate how dangerously naive a view of the american justice system that is

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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by boomboomsubban on Monday February 08, 2021 @01:40PM (#26068325)

I don't understand what you mean. I would expect them to make the obviously correct decision, though I'm fully aware that they very often don't.

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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by tsimionescu on Monday February 08, 2021 @02:43PM (#26069137)

It depends on the definition of 'expect'. You should expect it of them, as in consider it unethical if they don't. You shouldn't expect them to live up to this standard, as in, if you were to bet on it, you'd likely lose.

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