AnnaGilmour comments on The Amanda Knox Test: How an Hour on the Internet Beats a Year in the Courtroom - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mattnewport 13 December 2009 07:30:13PM 2 points [-]

The Friends of Amanda site claims:

Tests also revealed the DNA of at least three other unidentified people on the bra fastener.

If that is true then it suggests to me that finding Sollecito's DNA as well is not very strong evidence for anything.

Comment author: AnnaGilmour 15 December 2009 01:45:36AM 2 points [-]

Check out the blog ScienceSpheres by Mark Waterbury. He discusses at length the issues of negative controls, field controls, and pinpoints the problems with the LCN DNA analysis. One of his key points is that the mistakes in the evidence gathering and testing aren't hit or miss - they are consistent - which reveals a pattern of intention.