Debate on analyzing 'cold hit' DNA matches swirls in case before California Supreme Court
Friday, May 9, 2008 - 09:35
in Biology & Nature
A long-time scientific controversy centers on how to calculate the probability that such a match would be the result of coincidence. One of the key issues in a case argued Thursday before the California Supreme Court is how to describe the significance of a "cold hit," when a criminal suspect is first identified through a DNA database search.
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