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[Lady Sidhe]

Originally posted by Carbonated_Brains
Stop treating DNA evidence like it's some light switch that turns on the "guilty" bulb over the killer's head.

DNA evidence CAN be contested in court, is sometimes overturned, is notoriously difficult to use conclusively, and is by no means perfect.

It's just another tool used by detectives, same as any other.

What some people don't seem to realize is that you can mess up DNA to make it look like it isn't someone it IS, but you can't mess it up to make it look like it IS someone it ISN'T.

DNA is not as open to being contested as other types of tools. You know, I'll bet you're all for DNA evidence when it's exculpatory, and proves that someone has been imprisoned falsely, but are one of the first to talk about how it isn't perfectly accurate when it's used to convict someone, aren't you?