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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by JoeAltmaier on Monday February 08, 2021 @02:33PM (#26069022)
The skepticism has to end somewhere. Else ever court case becomes an infinite regressing into doubting the foundations of everything.

Of course self-certification is not the best. To bring up that straw man (as most of these posts do) is not advancing the conversation.

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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by gamblor956 on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:05PM (#26073015)
Yes, the skepticism has to end somewhere. But when someone is facing years, or life, in prison, that skepticism absolutely should not end before it validates the primary evidence of guilt, and the tools used to purportedly analyze that evidence.

If you can't validate the equipment used to analyze the DNA, gunshot residue, or other scientific evidence, then that evidence should not be allowed in court, because that's prima facie reasonable doubt.

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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by tsimionescu on Monday February 08, 2021 @03:17PM (#26069549)
That straw man is essentially the status quo at the moment...
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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by JoeAltmaier on Monday February 08, 2021 @03:39PM (#26069795)
Reread the comment being responded to? It started with that, suggested an alternative. Anything helpful to add?
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