This is why we must never bring back the death sentence...

[AlexKP]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/79503...

[AlexKP]

thinfourth2 said:

GPSS said:

If the conviction is based on conclusive DNA based evidence, then there is no reason not to have the death penalty.

Tonight i shall pop into your house and steal your hairbrush

I shall then murder my neighbour and leave a few of your hairs at the scene

100% genetic match to you at the scene

Still happy about DNA evidence?

Very good point.

And there are lots of other ways DNA can be transferred quite some distance.

Obviously, in a rape case where a semen sample is obtained it may be quite conclusive, but I can think of many other scenarios where DNA evidence could be unreliable.