Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science: Case Studies in the Use of DNA Evidence to Establish Innocence After Trial

johnny_is_home · 2022-07-27T03:27:44+00:00

Every year since 1989, in about 25 percent of the sexual assault cases referred to the FBI where results could be obtained (primarily by State and local law enforcement), the primary suspect has been excluded by forensic DNA testing. Specifically, FBI officials report that out of roughly 10,000 sexual assault cases since 1989, about 2,000 tests have been inconclusive (usually insufficient high molecular weight DNA to do testing), about 2,000 tests have excluded the primary suspect, and about 6,000 have “matched” or included the primary suspect. The fact that these percentages have remained constant for 7 years, and that the National Institute of Justice’s informal survey of private laboratories reveals a strikingly similar 26-percent exclusion rate, strongly suggests that postarrest and postconviction DNA exonerations are tied to some strong, underlying systemic problems that generate erroneous accusations and convictions.

"wOmEn DoN't LiE aBoUt RaPe"

"FaLsE aCcUsAtIoNs ArE rArE"

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reverbiscrap · 2022-07-28T02:51:05+00:00

And half of the men exonerated were African American, but misandry does not have a racial element in America.

Gonna laugh and sip my scotch.

almostaarp · 2022-07-28T02:55:32+00:00

SMH. This doesn’t indicate 25% were false allegations. Good grief.

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