In a courtroom situation, DNA testing functions to

a. provide jurors with a standard of evidence that they are legally required to accept as proof of guilt (orinnocence)

b. positively link a specific suspect with a specific evidence stain.
c. establish that the odds of a fake match are astronomically high.
d. both positively link a specific suspect with a specific evidence stain and establish that the odds of a fakematch are astronomically high.


c

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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a. 846,600 b. 870,500 c. 865,700 d. 954,800

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