Is DNA evidence really that safe?

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Newest Review: ... of sorts. The fact the bomb killed indiscriminately (and the terrorists gave four warnings) suggested someone didn't do enough to stop it going off. On that fateful day the Omagh Sein Fein offices were closed for the first time in 12 years and the police and army seemingly confined to barracks. The informers told the RUC and British intelligence a bomb was coming in and to be on alert in ... more

... three certain provinces of Northern Ireland. No warnings were passed on to the people of Omagh. It was carnage. 29 dead and over 300 injured, an Iraq style suicide bombing destruction of innocent human life. If this didn't polarize opinion on the IRA splint...more

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Is DNA evidence really that safe?: Is DNA evidence the future or the past..? (1863 words)
by - written on 24/12/07 (Very useful, 130 readings)
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The disgusting conclusion to the court case in Northern Ireland that has found no one guilty for the Omagh bombing, some nine years after the atrocity, has bought DNA evidence under the microscope, if you like, once again. In this case it was LCN ('Low Copy Number), in the dock, DNA that failed to bring the conviction of the suspected bomber Sean Hoey, and because of this outcome all cases involving convictions this way will now be reexamined. LCN is a relatively recent development of DNA science which allows analysis of tiny samples of skin cells, sweat and other bodily fluids. The difference to the main DNA test is here it's often transferred DNA through fingerprints ... Read the complete review

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