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[willis936]

When the jury agrees the evidence is there beyond a reasonable doubt. No one should trust any black box when it comes to criminal prosecution.

[kenjackson → willis936]

So the prosecution can present its case and say they gave the defendant the code for 9 months and here are five other independent reviews. The defense can argue they needed more time. The jury then decides if there is reasonable doubt.

[michaelmrose → kenjackson]

If the company can't show that the process has been independantly validated it probably should be tossed before the jury hears it.

[kenjackson → michaelmrose]

There are papers that do validation of TrueAllelle. I don't know the product well enough to know if it is the same one used in the article, but there isn't info in the article to know if independent validation was done or not.