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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by gowld on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:50PM (#26071378)
In USA, accurate to 1 in a million means you can convict 300 innocent people for every guilty one.

Bad stats, especially around DNA, has convicted many innocent people.

BTW, law and Order did an episode on bad DNA science convicting someone.

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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by vkou on Monday February 08, 2021 @06:40PM (#26071912)
As an innocent person, I'd much rather take a 1 in a million chance at a wrongful conviction, than risk a jury trial.
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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by ClumsyPilot on Monday February 08, 2021 @06:54PM (#26072028)
the point he is making that 1 in a million was an outright lie used by prosecutors to secure convictions on innocent, while the real criminals are still out and about
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