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It is reported that DNA tests put death penalty under fire.
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cases that pre-date DNA testing. A growing scandal in Texas {{U}} (48)
{{/U}} as a reminder that genetic tests can be reliable if only those who
are carrying them out are reliable. On 4 January, a report was published on the
Houston Police Department’s {{U}} (49) {{/U}} laboratory. The DNA unit of
the Texas lab was closed in 2002, after a series of {{U}} (50) {{/U}} by
local television news station KHOU. Now, an independent investigation, which has
looked at 1,100 cases so far, {{U}} (51) {{/U}} the lab with problems
including contamination of samples, misrepresentation of {{U}} (52)
{{/U}} in court and failure to use controls. In two cases, one of which put
a man on death row, a clear absence of the {{U}} (53) {{/U}}’s genetic
markers in a sample was called "inconclusive" and not reported.
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