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 kenjackson on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:24PM (#26073847)

So what if I say i need to review camera footage of me doing a crime and it will take me 100 years to validate it?

You need to establish reasonable timelines for this or any guilty person will claim any technology used will take 100 years to verify.

There is no reason you can’t analyze a DNA analysis codebase in 6 months. Unless you also need to verify the science.

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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by ClumsyPilot on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:33PM (#26073912)

I am not clear what you are arguing - it there a real problem where people invent fantastical amount of time to review simple evidence?

The claim about the amount of time was not made by the defendant, it was from the company that produced the code.

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Re:Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA t... by kenjackson on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:06PM (#26079885)

Thanks for the clarification -- I actually misread it and thought the defendant was making the claim. With it being the company, then I agree that the company has an obligation to make review simple enough that it can be done in a reasonable amount of time (from someone knowledgeable in the field -- I still don't think we need to allow someone 10 years to understand statistics and progreamming before even beginning the code review) or recuse the tool from use in a trial.

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