The Fools Gold Standard?
August 18th, 2009 by ComputerBob
It’s an extremely technical and impressive technology.
For years, it’s been the centerpiece of most episodes of CSI.
It has slowly built a reputation for being the gold standard for evidence, as it has been increasingly used to catch elusive criminals and set innocent prisoners free.
So I wonder what’s going to happen to all of that, now that scientists have demonstrated that DNA evidence can be faked by “any biology undergraduate.”
Update, August 21, 2009: “Israeli scientists have developed new technology to fight biological identity theft after realising that DNA evidence found at crime scenes can be easily falsified.”
Wow, that was quick!
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