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Originally posted by Carbonated_Brains
Yes, you said that, and three or four of us said that those shows glorify the "special cases" where the evidence is solid, forensics could be readily and reliably used, and it made good TV.
We're arguing that the vast majority of cases aren't as clean cut as to be featured on a television show, and so television is a heavily biased and unreliable source of evidence.
In short, these shows display the "good" cases, and not the ones where DNA evidence fails.
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Oh well. I suppose you're right...wouldn't be worth watching if the evidence failed to nail someone.
But, I did some surfing on it:
Evaluating forensic DNA evidence:
http://bioforensics.com/articles/cha...champion1.html
It made for an interesting read. Asks if the laboratory's conclusions fully supported by the test results and more. It gets quite detailed.
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