Saturday, March 22, 2003

You Think DNA Evidence Is Foolproof? Try Again
DNA testing, when properly conducted and interpreted, can provide categorical proof of guilt or innocence. Its role in the exoneration of more than 120 people has captured the public imagination. But this uniquely authoritative tool can also play a role in wrongful convictions.

"It is powerful evidence both to convict and to exonerate," said Peter Neufeld, a founder of the Innocence Project at Cardozo Law School, a program that works to free innocent people in prison. "It's kind of a truth machine. But any machine when it gets in the hands of human beings can be manipulated or abused."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/16/weekinreview/16LIPT.html?pagewanted=all&position=top

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