http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/10/the-use-of-dna-evidence-in-criminal-cases.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/10/the-use-of-dna-evidence-in-criminal-cases.html/comment-page-1#comment-65964 Sean M. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:45:05 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=21386#comment-65964 I'll just add that this is a very good article. My review tried to snag it, but it looks like NYU noticed it as well. I’ll just add that this is a very good article. My review tried to snag it, but it looks like NYU noticed it as well.

]]> http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/10/the-use-of-dna-evidence-in-criminal-cases.html/comment-page-1#comment-65953 A.J. Sutter Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:44:25 +0000 http://www.concurringopinions.com/?p=21386#comment-65953 Isn't there often a further issue about how that particular DNA came to be used? I.e., not only whether the DNA in question is close to the defendant's, but also whether the DNA used for the match was planted there, or never at the crime scene at all? And as far as I could tell from Acrobat's search function (searching on "fake" and "Frumkin"), the article doesn't reference the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/science/18dna.html" rel="nofollow">recent revelations by Israeli scientists</a> about how easy it is to fake DNA evidence. Isn’t there often a further issue about how that particular DNA came to be used? I.e., not only whether the DNA in question is close to the defendant’s, but also whether the DNA used for the match was planted there, or never at the crime scene at all? And as far as I could tell from Acrobat’s search function (searching on “fake” and “Frumkin”), the article doesn’t reference the recent revelations by Israeli scientists about how easy it is to fake DNA evidence.

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