Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-10-17]: FBI is thinking about the renewal of its DNA Analysis System (named Codis) with new genetic markers to classify individual DNA profiles [source: BBC News]. There are people wrongfully imprisoned due to mistakes made due to those genetic markers. Some think that genetic tests can become more reliable. But how much more reliable can they become? Is even one man wrongfully accused enough to claim that DNA tests are “good” and bow to the power of genetics ? How far away are we from the automatic sentencing of people from DNA analysis robots?(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective...
