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DNA Lottery
Suppose you're a juror on a homicide case. There's really no tangible evidence of any connection between the victim and the defendant other than a DNA match. Suppose the law enforcement investigators did a nationwide DNA database search and matched the defendant, and the prosecutor brought the case stating that there's a 1 in 10 million random probability of a match based on the specific DNA markers. Nobody else in the DNA dragnet was a match. Would you convict the defendant? Perhaps there a
Aug 17, 2022, 9:09 pm - Orange71 - Mathematics Forum