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To: oremus
I have been corrected. The hair was 12 out of 13, meaning it could have been Brenda's or her brothers.

The spot on the JACKET and MH was declared A PERFECT MATCH.

As John Jamieson said, the jacket went through the DRY CLEANERS, and it still came out afterward as A PERFECT MATCH.

THat is what is beyond belief.

366 posted on 08/08/2002 3:41:42 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: UCANSEE2
So you're saying the dry-cleaning technically should have degraded the evidence?
370 posted on 08/08/2002 3:47:52 PM PDT by oremus
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To: UCANSEE2; shezza
Having read most of yesterday's thread and all of todays, I'm hearing two different stories regarding the DNA:

The spot on the JACKET and MH was declared A PERFECT MATCH.
As John Jamieson said, the jacket went through the DRY CLEANERS, and it still came out afterward as A PERFECT MATCH.

And yet others on this thread have said it wasn't even proven to be blood!! What's going on here folks? Either it's blood or it isn't. Either it matches (partially or fully) or it doesn't. Did the prosecution and defense put on different experts who disagreed, or did just the prosecution put on DNA experts? Did Feldman address specifically this portion of the DNA evidence in his closing statement, or did he more-or-less skip over it? Regarding DW being in the VD house, I could go get a pair of latex gloves and not leave any fingerprints, either. And even if I knew the child in the bedroom (i.e. not a stranger), I would expect to have him/her cry out if awakened suddenly to see someone other than mom and dad, though in that household late night strangers apparently were common. DW's actions in going to the dry cleaners, doing laundry, etc., can be explained away as not unreasonable. So, in other words, for me, it comes down to the DNA evidence and the evaluation of that would weigh heavily in my decision on guilt or innocence.

And a special thanks to Shezza for yesterdays and todays closing summations - you were great!

386 posted on 08/08/2002 4:26:08 PM PDT by CedarDave
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