Anthropology 2235A/B Lecture Notes - Exclusionary Rule, Voir Dire, Nuclear Dna
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Lecture 23 quantification, probative value and statistical testing. In the r. v. murrin voir dire trial, there was considerable discussion about how the fbi and fss differed when a match is found: fbi uses the fbi data base and the counting method . Random match probability: the probability that a randomly chosen unrelated person would have the profile in question . Dna the question of maternal relatives may weigh heavy in certain areas but basically the definition holds for all dna testing . Fss (british: do not use counting method have separate database, use descriptive phrases to describe the strength of the match: Identified 4 criteria upon which admission of expert witness depends: Includes cost benefit analysis; evidence so related to a fact in issue that it tends to establish it . Necessity of in assisting the trier of fact. Necessity is important in that it provides information likely to be outside the experience of the judge and jury.