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Even though DNA can be transferred from one place to another it's compelling evidence when a suspect who has no relationship or known prior contact to the victims has their DNA turn up at the crime scene on a piece of evidence related to a possible murder weapon.The reason I am certain they found a problem with the DNA is because it is touch DNA. Touch DNA gets everywhere and all over everything and the person whose DNA is found doesn't even have to touch the object or ever be in the presence of the object for their DNA to be found on the object. Touch DNA is EASILY disputed in court, yet AT is wanting her defense investigator to do work based on whatever they found in regards to the DNA. If you really think about it, the ONLY reason AT would do that would be because there is a problem with the DNA. No defense attorney is going to waste money and time on this issue when it is easy to bring reasonable doubt about it before a jury.
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Free Consultation - Call (800) 401-1583 - Philip D. Cave is dedicated to serving our clients with a range of legal services including Military Law and Court-Martial cases. Touch DNA - US Military Law Lawyerwww.court-martial.comIs "Touch DNA" Precisely the Opposite? | Ohio State Bar Association
In even routine criminal cases, prosecutors are now using “touch DNA” as powerful evidence. The science and technology behind the “touch DNA” phenomenon deserve careful examination. In less than a decade and despite countless prosecutions which relied in whole or in part on “touch DNA,” the...www.ohiobar.orgIndirect DNA Transfer and Forensic Implications: A Literature Review
Progress in DNA profiling techniques has made it possible to detect even the minimum amount of DNA at a crime scene (i.e., a complete DNA profile can be produced using as little as 100 pg of DNA, equivalent to only 15–20 human cells), leading ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
If the suspects DNA was found on a grocery bag at the murder scene instead of a KA-BAR knife sheath it would hold far less weight as evidence. JMO.
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