What is the most common reason why DNA analyses overturn incorrect criminal convictions?
a) Science has not traditionally been used in the courtroom to convict a suspect.
b) The legal system traditionally has convicted anybody who refused to have their DNA sampled.
c) DNA evidence is much more reliable an identifier of an individual than eyewitness accounts.
d) We've only known for the last five years that DNA is fairly unique to an individual.
e) Scientists can study a person's DNA and determine whether or not that person is a criminal.
Ans: c) DNA evidence is much more reliable an identifier of an individual than eyewitness accounts.
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