Opposing experts proclaim end of DNA evidence debate. (Eric S. Lander and Bruce Budowle) From: Trial | Date: January 1, 1995| Author: Sargeant, Georgia | COPYRIGHT 1995 American Association for Justice. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

DNA experts Eric S. Lander of MIT and Bruce Budowle of the FBI wrote in the Oct 27, 1994 issue of Nature that they saw no reason not to have full use of DNA evidence in court. Lander had been an opponent of DNA evidence and Budowle a proponent. The two men reconcile opinions on two key issues in the article: accounting for the error rate of lab personnel and calculating the chance that another person's matches the source of the evidence. Lander and Budowle agreed that using the ceiling princi...