http://mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/25/dna-what-are-the-odds/ A Daily Record blog devoted to Legal Affairs Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/25/dna-what-are-the-odds/#comment-1934 LT Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:58:02 +0000 http://blogs.mddailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2008/07/25/dna-what-are-the-odds/#comment-1934 Statistics are derived from available data. Before Three Mile Island and Chernobyl the liklihood of a meltdown at a nuclear plant was estimated at about one in a billion. Then came the events that changed everything. DNA matching is a relatively new field and the statistics are still evolving. What will that mean for future juries? Statistics are derived from available data. Before Three Mile Island and Chernobyl the liklihood of a meltdown at a nuclear plant was estimated at about one in a billion. Then came the events that changed everything. DNA matching is a relatively new field and the statistics are still evolving. What will that mean for future juries?

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