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And they're not perfect either.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/a-reaso...

- Innocence Project doesn't take on cases where DNA link was established

- Man served four years for sexual assault after his DNA was found to be “consistent” with samples from the victim

- Turns out the DNA testing failed to establish a match between two of his own samples

- This evidence was not presented to the jury

- Lab tech makes numerous errors but is cleared because their lawyer demonstrated that here errors "were a product of systemic failures that included inadequate supervision".




Are there any independent organizations which regularly audit these and other crime labs?




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