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Interpretation errors in DNA profiling
Forensic Bioinformatics (www.bioforensics.com)
Dan E. Krane, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
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A controversial idea:
Analysts should arrive at conclusions about evidence samples before looking at references.
Krane, D. E., S. Ford, J. R. Gilder, K. Inman, A. Jamieson, R. Koppl, I. L. Kornfield, D. M. Risinger, N. Rudin, M. S. Taylor, W. C. Thompson. 2008. Sequential unmasking: A means of minimizing observer effects in forensic DNA interpretation. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53(4):1006-1007.
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A controversial idea:
Analysts should arrive at conclusions about evidence samples before looking at references – and write those conclusions down.
Dror, I. E., W. C. Thompson, C. A. Meissner, I. Kornfield, D. Krane, M. Saks, and M. Risinger. 2015. Context management toolbox: A linear sequential unmasking (LSU) approach for minimizing cognitive bias in forensic decision making. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 60(4):1111-1112.
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Doesn’t someone either match or not?
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Opportunities for subjective interpretation?
Can “Tom” be excluded?Suspect D3 vWA FGATom 17, 17 15, 17 25, 25
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Opportunities for subjective interpretation?
Can “Tom” be excluded?Suspect D3 vWA FGATom 17, 17 15, 17 25, 25
No -- the additional alleles at D3 and FGA are “technical artifacts.”
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Opportunities for subjective interpretation?
Can “Dick” be excluded?Suspect D3 vWA FGATom 17, 17 15, 17 25, 25Dick 12, 17 15, 17 20, 25
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Opportunities for subjective interpretation?
Can “Dick” be excluded?Suspect D3 vWA FGATom 17, 17 15, 17 25, 25Dick 12, 17 15, 17 20, 25
No -- stochastic effects explain peak height disparity in D3; blob in FGA masks 20 allele.
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Opportunities for subjective interpretation?
Can “Harry” be excluded?Suspect D3 vWA FGATom 17, 17 15, 17 25, 25Dick 12, 17 15, 17 20, 25Harry 14, 17 15, 17 20, 25
No -- the 14 allele at D3 may be missing due to “allelic drop out”; FGA blob masks the 20 allele.
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Opportunities for subjective interpretation?
Can “Sally” be excluded?Suspect D3 vWA FGATom 17, 17 15, 17 25, 25Dick 12, 17 15, 17 20, 25Harry 14, 17 15, 17 20, 25Sally 12, 17 15, 15 20, 22No -- there must be a second contributor; degradation explains the “missing” FGA allele.
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Observer effects, aka context effect
• --the tendency to interpret data in a manner consistent with expectations or prior theories (sometimes called “examiner bias”)
• Most influential when:–Data being evaluated are ambiguous or
subject to alternate interpretations–Analyst is motivated to find a particular
result
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Analyst often have strong expectations about the data
DNA Lab Notes–“Suspect-known crip gang member--keeps ‘skating’ on charges-never serves time. This robbery he gets hit in head with bar stool--left blood trail. Miller [deputy DA] wants to connect this guy to scene w/DNA …”
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Analyst often have strong expectations about the data
DNA Lab Notes–“Suspect-known crip gang member--keeps ‘skating’ on charges-never serves time. This robbery he gets hit in head with bar stool--left blood trail. Miller [deputy DA] wants to connect this guy to scene w/DNA …”“Death penalty case! Need to eliminate Item #57 [name of individual] as a possible suspect”
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Opportunities for subjective interpretation?
Who can be excluded?Suspect D3 vWA FGATom 17, 17 15, 17 25, 25Dick 12, 17 15, 17 20, 25Harry 14, 17 15, 17 20, 25Sally 12, 17 15, 15 20, 22
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Opportunities for subjective interpretation?
Who can be excluded?
“Suspect-known crip gang member--keeps ‘skating’ on charges-never serves time. This robbery he gets hit in head with bar stool--left blood trail. Miller [deputy DA] wants to connect this guy to scene w/DNA”
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
• “A well-known lawyer, now a judge, once grouped witnesses into three classes: simple liars, damned liars, and experts.”– Nature, p. 74, November 26, 1885.
Blind testing may not be enough.
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Are analysts motivated to see single contributors in mixed samples?
Statistics do not lie.
But, you have to pay close attention to the questions they are addressing.
What is the chance that a randomly chosen, unrelated individual from a given population would have the same DNA profile observed in a sample?
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Single source statistics:
Random Match Probability (RMP)
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Single source samples
Formulae for RMNE:
At a locus:Heterozygotes:Homozygotes:
Multiply across all loci
p2
Statistical estimates: the product rule
2pq 2pq 2pq 2pq
2pq 2pq 2pq 2pq
2pq 2pq
2pq 2pq
2pqp2 p2
p2
x x x x
x x x x
x x x x
x
x
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0.1454 x 0.1097 x 2
Statistical estimate: Single source sample
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3.2% 6.0% 4.6% 1.2%
9.8% 9.5% 6.3% 2.2% 1.0%
2.9% 5.1% 29.9% 4.0%
1.1% 6.6%
X X X X
XXXXX
X X X X
X
Statistical estimate: Single source sample
1 in 608,961,665,956,361,000,000
1 in 608 quintillion(“less than one in one billion”)
= 0.0320.1454 0.1097 2x x
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Are analysts motivated to see single contributors in mixed samples?
Statistics do not lie.
But, you have to pay close attention to the questions they are addressing.
What is the chance that a randomly chosen, unrelated individual from a given population would have the same DNA profile observed in a sample?
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Mixture statistics:
Combined Probability of Inclusion (CPI)
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Mixed DNA samples
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CPI statistics
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• Probability that a random, unrelated person could be included as a possible contributor to a mixed profile
• For a mixed profile with the alleles 14, 16, 17, 18; contributors could have any of 10 genotypes:
14, 14 14, 16 14, 17 14, 1816, 16 16, 17 16, 18
17, 17 17, 1818, 18
Probability works out as:
CPI = (p[14] + p[16] + p[17] + p[18])2
(0.102 + 0.202 + 0.263 + 0.222)2 = 0.621
Combined Probability of InclusionCPI statistics
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
MO v Cecil McBenge, St. Charles, MO, October, 2014.
http://stories.frontline.org/dna (The Surprisingly Imperfect Science of DNA Testing, by Katie Worth)
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
MO v Cecil McBenge, St. Charles, MO, October, 2014.•Cecil McBenge was linked through a search of the Missouri convicted offender database as a partial, minor contributor to a stocking found in an alley behind a murder victim’s home.
http://stories.frontline.org/dna (The Surprisingly Imperfect Science of DNA Testing, by Katie Worth)
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
MO v Cecil McBenge, St. Charles, MO, October, 2014.•Cecil McBenge was linked through a search of the Missouri convicted offender database as a partial, minor contributor to a stocking found in an alley behind a murder victim’s home.•A random match probability of 1 in 741,000 was reported by the government.
http://stories.frontline.org/dna (The Surprisingly Imperfect Science of DNA Testing, by Katie Worth)
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
MO v Cecil McBenge, St. Charles, MO, October, 2014.•Cecil McBenge was linked through a search of the Missouri convicted offender database as a partial, minor contributor to a stocking found in an alley behind a murder victim’s home.•A random match probability of 1 in 741,000 was reported by the government.•A database match probability calculated by the defense was 1 in 2.5.
http://stories.frontline.org/dna (The Surprisingly Imperfect Science of DNA Testing, by Katie Worth)
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
R v. Joel Ofori, Central Criminal Court, London, May, 2015.
Issachan Nichols, a rapper known as “Nasty” was stabbed to death in 2010 because he was in the wrong post code (E3 vs E14). 17 people were arrested.
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
R v. Joel Ofori, Central Criminal Court, London, May, 2015.• Joel Ofori was not excluded as a partial, minor
contributor to the handle of a knife found in a park.
http://www.theenquirer.co.uk/romford-man-charged-with-murder-of-poplar-teen-in-2010/
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
R v. Joel Ofori, Central Criminal Court, London, May, 2015.•Joel Ofori was not excluded as a partial, minor contributor to the handle of a knife found in a park.•Software assigned a likelihood ratio (Hp:Hd) of 1 in 280 in support of the prosecution’s theory of the case.
http://www.theenquirer.co.uk/romford-man-charged-with-murder-of-poplar-teen-in-2010/
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
R v. Joel Ofori, Central Criminal Court, London, May, 2015.•Joel Ofori was not excluded as a partial, minor contributor to the handle of a knife found in a park.•Software assigned a likelihood ratio (Hp:Hd) of 1 in 280 in support of the prosecution’s theory of the case.•Hd = 10-38.916
http://www.theenquirer.co.uk/romford-man-charged-with-murder-of-poplar-teen-in-2010/
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
R v. Joel Ofori, Central Criminal Court, London, May, 2015.•Joel Ofori was not excluded as a partial, minor contributor to the handle of a knife found in a park.•Software assigned a likelihood ratio (Hp:Hd) of 1 in 280 in support of the prosecution’s theory of the case.•Hd = 10-38.916
•Hp = 10-36.328
http://www.theenquirer.co.uk/romford-man-charged-with-murder-of-poplar-teen-in-2010/
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
US v. Rashawn Smalls, US District Court, Eastern District of New York, June, 2015.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/01/jersey_city_man_charged_with_attempting_to_murder.html
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
US v. Rashawn Smalls, US District Court, Eastern District of New York, June, 2015.• DNA tests on the grip of a gun found one locus
with seven alleles.
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
US v. Rashawn Smalls, US District Court, Eastern District of New York, June, 2015.• DNA tests on the grip of a gun found one locus
with seven alleles.• FST was used to generate a likelihood ratio
(Hp:Hd) of 4,190.
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
US v. Rashawn Smalls, US District Court, Eastern District of New York, June, 2015.• DNA tests on the grip of a gun found one locus
with seven alleles.• FST was used to generate a likelihood ratio
(Hp:Hd) of 4,190.• FST has not been validated (and should not be
used) for mixtures of more than three individuals.
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
US v. Rashawn Smalls, US District Court, Eastern District of New York, June, 2015.• DNA tests on the grip of a gun found one locus
with seven alleles.• FST was used to generate a likelihood ratio
(Hp:Hd) of 4,190.• FST has not been validated (and should not be
used) for mixtures of more than three individuals.
• 90% of known four-person mixtures would be mischaracterized as three-person mixtures if the locus with the most alleles was ignored.
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
VA vs. Jens Soering, Bedford Cty, Virginia, 1990
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/(In 1985, a gruesome double murder rocked Virginia)
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
VA vs. Jens Soering, Bedford Cty, Virginia, 1990
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/(In 1985, a gruesome double murder rocked Virginia)
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
VA vs. Jens Soering, Bedford Cty, Virginia, 1990
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/(In 1985, a gruesome double murder rocked Virginia)
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
VA vs. Jens Soering• Derek and Nancy Haysom were brutally
murdered in their home in 1985.• Their daughter, Elizabeth, and her boyfriend,
Jens Soering, were convicted of the murders in 1990 despite alibis and conflicting evidence.
• Blood typing was done for the 1990 trial but DNA tests were not done until 2009.
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
VA vs. Jens Soering• Derek and Nancy Haysom were brutally
murdered in their home in 1985.• Their daughter, Elizabeth, and her boyfriend,
Jens Soering, were convicted of the murders in 1990 despite alibis and conflicting evidence.
• Blood typing was done for the 1990 trial but DNA tests were not done until 2009.
• Samples 2FE and 6FE were blood type O, like Soering.
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
VA vs. Jens Soering•Derek and Nancy Haysom were brutally murdered in their home in 1985.•Their daughter, Elizabeth, and her boyfriend, Jens Soering, were convicted of the murders in 1990 despite alibis and conflicting evidence.•Blood typing was done for the 1990 trial but DNA tests were not done until 2009.•Samples 2FE and 6FE were blood type O, like Soering.•2FE and 6FE had the same DNA profile as Derek Haysom – but he was blood type A.
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
• “A well-known lawyer, now a judge, once grouped witnesses into three classes: simple liars, damned liars, and experts.”– Nature, p. 74, November 26, 1885.
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Lies, damned lies and . . . .
• “A well-known lawyer, now a judge, once grouped witnesses into three classes: simple liars, damned liars, and experts.”
• “He did not mean that the expert uttered things which he knew to be untrue, but that by the emphasis which he laid on certain statements, and by what has been defined as a highly cultivated faculty of evasion, the effect was actually worse than if he had.”– Nature, p. 74, November 26, 1885.
Blind testing may not be enough.
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Interpretation errors in DNA profiling
Forensic Bioinformatics (www.bioforensics.com)
Dan E. Krane, Wright State University, Dayton, OH