[Walts Ice Pick]

How should we go about distinguishing between cases in which you feel there is a false match and cases in which there exists a match that has been fraudulently created by planting evidence?

[microgood]

How should we go about distinguishing between cases in which you feel there is a false match and cases in which there exists a match that has been fraudulently created by planting evidence?

Well, if the planted evidence is done right, they would probably get an exact match instead of a partial match in the DNA Database. In that case the plantee is in big trouble.

I was thinking more about the case (with all of us in there) that they got about 15 or 20 matches they had to go through. I guess they could start by weeding out those whose DNA they had because of drug test versus criminal activity but it could be a real headache for law enforcement. Currently the database is not huge so I have only heard of 20 or so cases of this, but some scientists have argued against putting everyone in there for this very reason.