https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/philosophy-not-gender-drives-scotus-decisions/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:12:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/philosophy-not-gender-drives-scotus-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-163527 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:00:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30588#comment-163527 I suppose that some defendant could imagine that a DNA techs preconceived opinion about a case could bias the outcome of a DNA test (although I don’t see how). I can see, in the future, labs instituting some sort of double-blind testing procedure so that Techs do not know the identity of test samples to avoid this issue.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/06/philosophy-not-gender-drives-scotus-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-163512 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:30:02 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30588#comment-163512 The confrontation clause is a vital protector of our liberty, but I wonder what there would be to confront in the case as DNA profiles. They are so mechanically routine.

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