Is a DNA trace a proof or just an indication?
Find out what DNA findings can mean for you and your criminal proceedings here.
Does a DNA find really mean that the culprit is convicted?
If the DNA of a certain person is found at a crime scene, this often leads to the fact that the perpetrator is convicted in the eyes of outsiders or laymen. However, the courts often have to be wary of this premature step, because the culprit is far from certain.
What does it mean "Secondary transmission"?
First of all, a DNA trace only means that the DNA or DNA of a certain person was present at the respective crime scene where it was found. However, that does not mean that this particular person must have been at the scene, let alone that the offender is convicted. The case-law correctly assumes that "The DNA analysis contains only a statistical statement that does not make an appreciation of all evidence necessary"In this respect, the defense lawyer is required to look through appropriate file inspection with the questions, where the respective DNA traces were found, what intensity they had and if there is a different explanation for their existence, just the presence of the client at the scene.
By the so-called ".Secondary transmission"Is not excluded that the DNA of a person by a handshake, by touching a door handle, by the lending of garments or similar transmission routes ends up at the scene and this without being in the act.
Exactly this topic led before the Regional court Regensburg that a defendant was acquitted because, in the opinion of thereasonable doubt"Remained with the accused of the accused.
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