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DNA Evidence in 9th Circuit Appeal

By Corey Rayburnyung

The 9th Circuit vacated the sexual assault conviction of a man because the prosecution exaggerated the reliability of the DNA evidence.  From the LA Times:A Nevada man sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting a young girl should be freed or given a new trial because a prosecution expert exaggerated the strength of the DNA evidence against him, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. The ruling is thought to be one of the first of its kind in the country, experts said. In 1994, Troy Don Brown, 36, was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in her family's trailer home in Carlin, Nev. The prosecution's case hinged almost entirely on semen samples collected at the scene that a DNA expert from the local sheriff's crime lab testified had a "99...continue to full post

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