False Positives and Negatives
False positives and false negatives in DNA testing and criminal investigations can cause the innocent to suffer and the guilty to be free. Some of the possible errors and solutions are examined and discussed. Don’t forget the reality that the prosecution never wants to admit they were wrong. This is a serious problem in our criminal justice and it cannot be ignored. Thirty-five years ago when I began teaching, I used to tell my students that 99.9% of the time a suspect is arrested and the case goes to trail, that defendant probably committed the crime. I don’t believe that anymore, and DNA evidence has proven it for us. (TOMM)
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Date of Article: May 16, 2012
[Abstract by Carrie Wells, ForensIQ Student Intern, June 14, 2012]
