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		adrianN on Nov 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: For six years, man who refuses to identify himself... Not only twins show the same DNA evidence. Cheap methods for DNA fingerprinting as used in criminal investigations have nonneglibile error bars.

shakna on Nov 21, 2019 [–]

Not just cheap methods - even if the methods are better, they have a history of not being followed correctly [0][1][2].

[0] https://nypost.com/2017/02/10/thousands-of-convicts-told-tha...

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/16/weekinreview/the-nation-y...

[2] https://www.kuer.org/post/private-utah-dna-lab-faces-scrutin...

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