Judges and Judiciary
Jul. 28, 2006
Using Wrong Cold-Hit Calculation Will Lead to DNA Conviction Problems
Forum Column - What is the appropriate calculation to compute the statistical significance of a match when someone has been identified as a suspect through a cold-hit DNA search?
Forum Column
By Keith Devlin
What is the appropriate calculation to compute the statistical significance of a match when someone has been identified as a suspect through a cold-hit DNA search? This question has proved to be highly contentious in recent years, for example in the high-profile Raymond Jenkins case in Washington D.C., U.S. v. Jenkins, 887 A.2d 1013 (2005), and in the Michael Johnson case in Tulare County, Peo...
By Keith Devlin
What is the appropriate calculation to compute the statistical significance of a match when someone has been identified as a suspect through a cold-hit DNA search? This question has proved to be highly contentious in recent years, for example in the high-profile Raymond Jenkins case in Washington D.C., U.S. v. Jenkins, 887 A.2d 1013 (2005), and in the Michael Johnson case in Tulare County, Peo...
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