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Since the prosecutor was playing to the mob tampering on his part is a reasonable possibility. It is bewildering and kind of amusing in a tragic sort of way to see you take the most essential, crucial piece of evidence, and spin it with a conspiratorial fantasy. I am talking about the DNA, of course. You seem to have no concept of DNA test protocol. Perhaps you can explain what is going on in your muddy mind to leave us believe that somehow that evidence could be tampered with. How the hell is that supposed to happen? Are you saying that the prosecutor altered the report? Or are you saying the lab technician was aware of the identity of the standards that he was using to test the specimen? Surely you don’t think that there were separate tests, do you? One for the dead man’s DNA and one for the officer’s DNA? It doesn’t work that way! Tell us if you can how you account for only the police officer’s DNA on the gun? Just freakin amazing! The gun found in Smith’s car did not have his DNA on it, but it did have Stockley’s. None of those tamperings happened! It was brought out in court. The police officers DNA was on the gun. Nobody else’s. How could that have possibly happened without the officer planting the gun? Didn't the FBI have hundreds of cases tossed recently for fucking with DNA evidence? No, I think you’ve got that wrong. False testimony was given on “pattern” evidence like hair and bite marks. There were about 35 cases in which the defendants were exonerated by DNA after the “pattern” evidence was shown to be false testimony, or pseudoscience. Or maybe after the defendants were exonerated by the DNA evidence someone went back and checked the “pattern” evidence. And found it woefully lacking. In this case the cop's DNA was on the gun. I don't understand how the judge could rationalize that away. VML, haven't you ever watched an episode of "COPS" on TV? Cop finds a gun. Cop takes gun in hand. Cop take gun apart sufficiently to unload and make safe the gun. Cop is always going to be the last to handle it before it goes in the evidence bag. As far as the guy who was shot, I don't know why his DNA wasn't on the gun. But I'll give you an easy example of why it might not have been. I have a concealed weapons permit. I keep a handgun in my car. I know for a fact that where my finger prints are on the gun are most likely to rust first and start rust on other parts of the gun. So, what do I do? I clean the gun thoroughly, oil it, and put it in the car being careful not to get my finger prints on it. Hence I'll lay you odds if they did a DNA test on my gun in my car, it would come up zilch. Keeping the gun in your car seems risky. Other than that I agree.
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