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Author(s) -
Donnelly Peter
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2005.00089.x
Subject(s) - jury , bayes' theorem , psychology , history , statistics , law , philosophy , genealogy , mathematics , bayesian probability , political science
In the case of Regina versus Adams [1996], DNA evidence seemed to suggest that there was a 1 in 200 million chance that an innocent person would match the DNA found at the crime scene. Peter Donnelly explains how he subsequently became involved in the case and found himself trying to explain Bayes's Theorem to judge and jury.