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Topic History of: Just read this if you don't believe in police behaviour
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zooloo	In The Know wrote: No one said DNA wasn't accurate - we were criticising the total reliance that the police place on it. Remind me ... was i Sally Clarke (or the other lady whose name now escapes me) that was told (in Court) that DNA showed she was a 77 million to one certainty the killer of her children (shortly before being acquitted altogether)? No, it was flawed statistical reasoning.
In The Know	No one said DNA wasn't accurate - we were criticising the total reliance that the police place on it. Remind me ... was i Sally Clarke (or the other lady whose name now escapes me) that was told (in Court) that DNA showed she was a 77 million to one certainty the killer of her children (shortly before being acquitted altogether)?
zooloo	Al wrote: ...People believed they had accurately calculated the age of artefacts using carbon dating, until platinum dating was developed which cast serious doubts on the reliability of carbon. Sorry to side-track but do have an online reference to "Platinum dating" please? All I've found is dating (As in boy meets girl) sites Cheers. Back on topic... It seems there is an attitude here that newspapers don't let the facts get in the way of a good story - unless it chimes in with your own preconceived prejudice. Mark Minick doesn't seem to appear anywhere else except the Daily Mail (The same article appears on This is London, credited to the Daily Mail and a straight lift. This is London is directly associated with the DM). The story doesn't add up, it seems very selective. I couldn't tell you where I was a year ago but I could tell you where I was working. Having found a hair belonging to the man it doesn't seem too hard for him to realise he was working at the hospital that night - providing a double alibi, his whereabouts and how the hair got there. The DNA test wasn't flawed, it was accurate. Blaming DNA testing is wide of the mark here. I have no idea on the reliability of rape victims immediate statements and if anyone here has please site references. It may be quite usual for someone who has just been raped to give a confused account. As has been pointed out on this forum numerous times taking a newspaper story as a fair, balanced and comprehensive review of the facts is not a good idea. It still isn't a good idea.
In The Know	BR wrote: by an unmarked White van ... it was probably a police van !
In The Know	Carl wrote: I accept the case JK mentions was a terrible ordeal for the man concerned, however compared to the many thousands of crimes which have been solved using this technique this surely has to outweight the very few cases we hear about where mistakes are made. We DON'T KNOW yet exactly how many of these other cases will be false convictions or frame-ups !