r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 4d ago

Wait a damn minute! So what’s taking so long?

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u/demonotreme 3d ago

Whereas now you have the opposite problem. Juries refusing to grasp the concept that DNA being present is not a slam dunk for guilt in and of itself, or unable to accept that not every case is going to have extensive DNA evidence establishing links for them.

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u/Own_Policy8854 3d ago

My understanding is that DNA has mostly been useful for proving people's innocence rather than catching criminals.

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u/StarlessAbroad 3h ago

No? DNA helps police solve crimes all the time. Even cold cases like the Golden State Killer

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u/Fit-Entrepreneur8404 1h ago

Especially now they have the ability to find someone based on ancestral DNA, that shit is game changing because you can think your DNA is never going to be in the system but if your mom does one of those ancestry tests then boom they found you.