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Thread #138198   Message #3162470
Posted By: DMcG
30-May-11 - 04:05 AM
Thread Name: BS: How can DNA convict a person?
Subject: RE: BS: How can DNA convict a person?
Well, yes, some forms are more relevant than others, sperm being the most obvious example (but even there, it proves the couple had intercourse recently but not necessarily at the crime scene, and it would need other evidence to sort out the timing).

I'm not dismissing DNA evidence by any means - it is incredibly powerful. But it still needs to be backed up by lots of other evidence.