Criminal
Jul. 8, 2006
Justices Allow Racial Statistics in DNA at Trial
Prosecutors may introduce statistics at trial about the DNA profiles of different racial groups to help juries understand the infinitesimal odds of a false identification, the California Supreme Court held Thursday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Prosecutors may introduce statistics at trial about the DNA profiles of different racial groups to help juries understand the infinitesimal odds of a false identification, the California Supreme Court held Thursday.
Ruling in the case of a black man who was convicted with the help of DNA evidence of the 2000 rape and murder of a 13-year-old white girl, the...
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