Re: DNA Forensics [was Re: CRYPTO NAZIS]
GBurch1@aol.com
Sat, 2 Oct 1999 13:54:06 EDT
With very few exceptions, documentary or tangible evidence isn't
"self-authenticating". Even photographs have to have a live witness to
testify that the scene in the photograph accurately depicts some location or
event germane to the case at issue. Derivative or analytical evidence, such
as a DNA analysis, has to be "sponsored" by a live witness who testifies
about how the evidence was obtained and/or created. Such evidence is subject
to pretrial discovery (and analysis by opposing parties) and all live
witnesses are subject to cross examination. Any statutes that attempt to
circumvent these basic principles of due process have zero chance of
surviving constitutional scrutiny.
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