Comment: Re:Scenario (Score 1) 126
It ain't perfect, but it's without a doubt the most reliable criminal identification tool we've got. If we go back to rigged line-ups and botched fingerprint analysis, the world will be a less just place.
And a good defense counsel will make sure the jury knows about the potential problems of DNA matching. I served on a jury in which we rejected badly-collected DNA evidence and (for that reason and many others) acquitted the defendant.