Posted on 10/01/2016 6:37:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A month after the complex DNA-mixture evidence was tossed from the prosecution’s case, an upstate New York man was acquitted of murder by a judge.
Oral “Nick” Hillary, now 42, was accused of strangling his ex-girlfriend’s 12-year-old son Garrett Phillips in 2011. Hillary was indicted in 2014, and went on trial this month.
The prosecution’s case featured DNA-mixture interpretation produced by the probabilistic genotyping software called STRmix.
But Judge Felix Catena threw out that genetic just before the bench trial began, finding it did not pass the threshold for scientific validity – and that it was “unduly prejudicial to the defendant.”
(Excerpt) Read more at forensicmag.com ...
Just curious, why is this particular trial of importance to us?
Good for the judge to keep prosecutor from cherry-picking.
Was on NBC Dateline last night. Those interested could stream it. Interesting show.
Hillary killed a pre-teen boy.
Oddly it was on both Dateline and 20/20 at the same time.
Oddly the acquittal came on Wednesday of this week and both networks were ready to air the story on Friday.
Oddly, the poor guy's name is Oral Hillary. Really? I can see why he goes by a “Nick” name.
Who, when, where and how?
I never heard this before.
Oral Hillary????? Indeed.
“Oddly it was on both Dateline and 20/20 at the same time.”
Part of a MSM narrative to undermine DNA evidence?
I think the real reason the media took such an interest was the claim that the defendant was target, because he was...black. And, he has sued the city in a civil suit for defamation...the accusation being that race was involved.
Never mind that it is very likely this man actually committed murder.
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