[MyTwoCopperCoins]

So it’s not the fault with the DNA per-se, but the lab that screwed up by contamination from another sample.

[dbz77]

DNA has to be read and interpreted in the proper context.

[Redbob]

"So it’s not the fault with the DNA per-se, but the lab that screwed up by contamination from another sample."

Or the cops, or prosecutors, or whomever collected, handled, or stored the samples from the victim.

The lab is the least-likely culprit.

[ArmstedFragg]

Exactly. The Times has just discovered that scientific testing has to be done properly. Whoa, major scoop!

I love these stories where a reporter has just discovered something known to practically everyone else but him and assumes that because he never heard of it before, it must be news.