| Crime |
On September 12, 2010, a University of Pittsburgh student, 20,
was threatened and raped in her Oakland apartment. |
| Evidence |
The perpetrator left a saliva stain on the victim’s underwear. |
| DNA |
The Allegheny County crime lab developed DNA data from the
underwear. |
| Match |
The lab's manual analysis found a match statistic of 18
million between the underwear and the suspect. |
| TrueAllele |
On the same data, the computer's statistic connecting the underwear with Mr. Akan was 1.35 quadrillion. |
| Cybergenetics |
On April 2, 2012, Dr. Mark Perlin testified at the Akan trial
in Pittsburgh about the DNA match statistics in this case. |
| Outcome |
Akaninyene Akan was convicted of rape, involuntary deviate
sexual intercourse and other charges. On June 26, Akan was sentenced to 32 to 60 years in prison. On January 23, 2013, the appellate court affirmed. |
