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Re: Friday--very little humor From: Cheri Van Hoover (cherivh@earthlink.net) Fri Aug 13 19:53:10 1999 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: further update gross hematuria" Previous message: mob@mbox301.swipnet.se: "Re: Friday--very little humor" Maybe in reply to: James Connerth: "Friday--very little humor" Next in thread: Paul Prior MD: "Re: Friday--very little humor" mob@mbox301.swipnet.se wrote: > DNA "fingerprinting" is on the move in NY, so I heard. They will start will all inmates > and parolees real soon now. Higher echelon LEA representatives are already probing > the idea that all and every one should have to leave a sample (buccal scraping?) for the > databank. If one is a law abiding citizen one has nothing to fear of course. A very well-written recent novel dealing with this idea is called _A Philosophical Investigation_ by Philip Kerr. It's usually found grouped with mysteries. A truly chilling book. > > Or not? Doped athletes and race horses get caught with nanograms of listed substances > per ml blood. Indoor dust in an air terminal is a well of skin scrapings with DNA from > myriads of people. How far can it spread in a freak chain of events? I'm confident that > forensic bioscientists will find probabilities for all frequent situations but less confident > that the courts will draw the right conclusions (the O. J. circus is an example, certainly > the other way around but still supporting my argument). I'm with you, Mats. I wish that I could have more confidence in the integrity of investigating officers, the accuracy of forensic (and other) laboratories, and the wisdom of juries, but my life experience has taught me otherwise. -- Cheri Van Hoover, CNM Midwifery Service at Stanford Next message: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: further update gross hematuria" Previous message: mob@mbox301.swipnet.se: "Re: Friday--very little humor" Maybe in reply to: James Connerth: "Friday--very little humor" Next in thread: Paul Prior MD: "Re: Friday--very little humor"

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