OT: DNA Matches Jameis Winston To Sample Taken From Accuser

[Harry0569]

Lawyers please weigh in. I know this means that he didn't necessarily sexually assault the girl, but yikes.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... on-accuser

[Nacho]

shocking.

[malonish]

DNA can't prove a match, it can only prove a mismatch. The DNA test is not a full mapping of the genetic code.

[East Coast Mustang]

I read somewhere that there's like a 1-in-2.2 trillion chance the DNA isn't his. Sounds like a match, but obviously doesn't prove a crime was committed. I'm assuming his only defense now is consensual sex

[malonish]

More like one in 5 million. Not likely it's not his yet you can't say it's his 100%. If the DNA was a mismatch it would be 100% accuracy. It can only exonerate with 100% certainty.

[East Coast Mustang]

Well, the Heisman Award ceremony is going to be awkward this year

[malonish]

[mrydel]

Article did say 1 in 2.2 trillion which means they included that dead guy who's wife slept next to for a year, and everyone who voted in Chicago for the past decade.

[malonish]

I am in no way claiming he is guilty or not, just saying that TV shows have exaggerated when they say they have a DNA match. Here's a good read about the whole process for those interested:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/dna-profiling.htm

and another reference: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/g ... dence6.htm

It comes down to precision, not the actual coincidental chance of a match (~1 in 100 Billion). There's more of a chance the interpreter would get the results wrong. It's a great tool nonetheless and helps many go free if wrongfully convicted in the past as well as helps bolster another set of evidence like fingerprints etc.

[mrydel]

I am too lazy to read what you linked. What I find amazing is when it is said the DNA evidence was tainted so it cannot be used even though it shows 1 out of however many million it belongs to a certain person. How amazing would it be for blood of another person get tainted and then exactly match OJ? Just baffles me, but so does a fax machine.

[malonish]

And we're talking on a message board with a series of on and off electric signals interpreted into zeros and ones in a long combination of protocols and receivers. Mind = blown?

[mrydel]

That dog understands it better than I. But I can get the lid off of a jar of peanut butter and he cannot.

[malonish]

That dog understands it better than I. But I can get the lid off of a jar of peanut butter and he cannot.

Point goes to Mrydel.

[birddogger]

That dog understands it better than I. But I can get the lid off of a jar of peanut butter and he cannot.

Yes, but the dog can do things that you probably cannot (if you even wanted to)....

[skurtn]

Hm. My dogs don't have any issues getting into peanut butter jars... or anything else for that matter.