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Prosecution

Like the TrueAllele^® DNA interpretation system, the prosecutor seeks the truth. With complex DNA evidence, human experts may be limited in their statements. However, when the truth is in the data, the TrueAllele computer may provide far greater support for the prosecutor's case. Moreover, the technology can help prevent the conviction of an innocent person.

Defense

Human interpretation results of complex data can be inconclusive, potentially implicating a large number of individuals. More refined computer interpretation might exclude most of these spurious candidates, including the defendant. In another example, there may be no question that the DNA evidence places a defendant at a crime scene with odds of one in a trillion trillion. Yet the computer may suggest that another unknown suspect was also present at the crime scene, which could reduce the sentencing in a capital case.

Judiciary

The judiciary's task is to impartially oversee and decide criminal cases. Criminal evidence, including DNA evidence, is often not clear cut, but depends on human interpretation, which is subjective. To ensure judicial impartiality, guidelines such as Rule 706 enable the judiciary to maintain objective perspectives based on rigorous scientific criteria for determining the impartiality of evidence and expert testimony about that evidence. TrueAllele Casework was designed specifically to comply with Rule 706 and has been validated according to federal and judicial requirements. Furthermore, the DNA crime scene results from TrueAllele Casework ensure a scientific, unbiased result that has been shown to have an error rate well below that of human analysis and interpretation. Studies have shown that human interpretation and analysis leads to a human error of 1 profile every 2,000 samples. TrueAllele Casework extracts 1000 times more information than human reviewers.