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Understanding DNA Evidence Beaver County Courthouse March, 2016 Beaver, PA Mark W Perlin, PhD, MD, PhD Cybergenetics, Pittsburgh, PA Cybergenetics ©

DNA genotype 10, ACGT A genetic locus has two DNA sentences, one from each parent. locus Many alleles allow for many many allele pairs. A person's genotype is relatively unique. mother allele father allele repeated word An allele is the number of repeated words. A genotype at a locus is a pair of alleles

DNA match statistic Evidence item Evidence data LabInfer Evidence genotype Known genotype 10, 12 Compare DNA from one person 1 Prob(coincidental match)

National Academy of Sciences Among existing forensic methods, only nuclear DNA analysis has been rigorously shown to have the capacity to consistently, and with a high degree of certainty, demonstrate a connection between an evidentiary sample and a specific individual or source. "Strengthening Forensic Science: A Path Forward" (2009) Human examination bias Statistics & reporting Underlying scientific basis

National Academy of Sciences However,... there may be problems... with how the DNA was... interpreted, such as when there are mixed samples "Strengthening Forensic Science: A Path Forward" (2009) Human examination bias Statistics & reporting Underlying scientific basis

DNA match statistic Evidence item Evidence data Lab Contributor genotype Known genotype 10, 20% 11, 30% 11, 50% 11, 12 Compare DNA from two people Prob(evidence match) Prob(coincidental match) Separate

Pennsylvania v Ralph Skundrich On July 25, 2002, a Pittsburgh college student, 18, was threatened with a gun and sexually assaulted in her Shadyside apartment. The victim's jeans and T-shirt contained biological evidence. The Allegheny County crime lab developed DNA data from the two evidence items. Skundrich was identified as a suspect after a DNA match was made in the national database in 2009.

DNA mixture evidence (jeans) Quantitative peak heights at locus D13S317 peak height peak size

TrueAllele ® Casework ViewStation User Client Database Server Interpret/Match Expansion Visual User Interface VUIer™ Software Parallel Processing Computers

How the computer thinks Consider every possible genotype solution Explain the peak pattern Better explanation has a higher likelihood First person's allele pair Second person's allele pair 90% 10%

DNA match information Prob(evidence match) Prob(coincidental match) How much more does the suspect match the evidence than a random person? 35x 98% 3%

Match information at 13 loci DNA locus Likelihood ratio (LR)

Is the suspect in the evidence? A match between the jeans and Ralph Skundrich is: 2.1 quadrillion times more probable than coincidence A match between the T-shirt and Ralph Skundrich is: 4.04 quadrillion times more probable than coincidence

Crime lab data summary Threshold Over threshold, peaks are labeled as allele events All-or-none allele peaks, each given equal status Allele Pair 8, 8 8, 11 8, 12 8, 14 11, 11 11, 12 11, 14 12, 12 10%12, 14 14, 14

Match statistic comparison DNA locus Likelihood ratio (LR)

Information comparison Jeans 280 thousand (5) 2 quadrillion (15) T-shirt 630 thousand (5) 4 quadrillion (15) Method Combined PI TrueAllele

Reliability (PA Rule 702) A witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise if: (a) the expert’s scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge is beyond that possessed by the average layperson; (b) the expert’s scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue; and (c) the expert’s methodology is generally accepted in the relevant field. Testimony by Expert Witness

TrueAllele validation papers Perlin MW, Sinelnikov A. An information gap in DNA evidence interpretation. PLoS ONE. 2009;4(12):e8327. Ballantyne J, Hanson EK, Perlin MW. DNA mixture genotyping by probabilistic computer interpretation of binomially-sampled laser captured cell populations: Combining quantitative data for greater identification information. Science & Justice. 2013;53(2): Perlin MW, Hornyak J, Sugimoto G, Miller K. TrueAllele ® genotype identification on DNA mixtures containing up to five unknown contributors. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2015;on-line. Greenspoon SA, Schiermeier-Wood L, Jenkins BC. Establishing the limits of TrueAllele ® Casework: a validation study. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2015;in press. Perlin MW, Legler MM, Spencer CE, Smith JL, Allan WP, Belrose JL, Duceman BW. Validating TrueAllele ® DNA mixture interpretation. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2011;56(6): Perlin MW, Belrose JL, Duceman BW. New York State TrueAllele ® Casework validation study. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2013;58(6): Perlin MW, Dormer K, Hornyak J, Schiermeier-Wood L, Greenspoon S. TrueAllele ® Casework on Virginia DNA mixture evidence: computer and manual interpretation in 72 reported criminal cases. PLOS ONE. 2014;(9)3:e92837.

Validation axes Sensitivity. The extent to which interpretation identifies the correct person. Truly include, don't falsely exclude. Specificity. The extent to which interpretation does not misidentify the wrong person. Truly exclude, don't falsely include. Reproducibility. The extent to which interpretation gives the same answer to the same question. Concordant independent computer runs.

Widespread acceptance Admitted after Frye or Daubert challenge in: California, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Australia & United Kingdom Used in five hundred criminal cases in most of the United States, for both prosecution and defense Crime labs use TrueAllele ® system in California, Maryland, South Carolina & Virginia Seventy criminal cases in Pennsylvania Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Butler, Cambria, Columbia, Delaware, Indiana, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mercer, Mifflin, Pike, Washington, Westmoreland, York

Pennsylvania appellate court

Relevance (PA Rule 403) The court may exclude relevant evidence if its probative value is outweighed by a danger of one or more of the following: unfair prejudice, confusing the issues, misleading the jury, undue delay, wasting time, or needlessly presenting cumulative evidence. Excluding relevant evidence for prejudice, confusion, waste of time, or other reasons probative force unfair prejudice

DNA statistic shuts down labs “National accreditation board suspends all DNA testing at D.C. crime lab” The Washington Post April 27, 2015 Did not comply with FBI standards “New protocol leads to reviews of ‘mixed DNA’ evidence” The Texas Tribune September 12, ,468 lab tests affected

MIX05: Statistics not reproducible National Institute of Standards and Technology Two Contributor Mixture Data, Known Victim 31 thousand (4) 213 trillion (14) MIX05: NIST mixture interpretation interlaboratory study. Butler JM, Kline MC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Promega's Sixteenth International Symposium on Human Identification, 2005

MIX13: An interlaboratory study on the present state of DNA mixture interpretation in the U.S. Coble M, National Institute of Standards and Technology 5th Annual Prescription for Criminal Justice Forensics, Fordham University School of Law, MIX13: Statistics falsely include

Process is not objective science (1) Choose, alter, discard, edit, and manipulate the DNA data signals (2) Compare defendant's genotype to edited data & decide if he is in the DNA evidence (3) If he is "included", then calculate a DNA mixture statistic Human examination bias Statistics & reporting Underlying scientific basis

CPI lacks probative value Forensic crime laboratories have generated CPI statistics on hundreds of thousands of DNA mixture evidence items. However, this commonly used match statistic behaves like a random generator of inclusionary values, following the LLN rather than measuring identification information. A quantitative CPI number adds little meaningful information beyond the analyst’s initial qualitative assessment that a person’s DNA is included in a mixture. Statistical methods for reporting on DNA mixture evidence should be scientifically validated before they are relied upon by criminal justice.

Relevance of CPI Unvalidated DNA match statistic, unrelated to identification Probative value Unfair prejudice Confusing the issues Misleading the jury Cumulative evidence none PA Rule 403 “outweighed by a danger of:” PA Rule 401 “evidence makes a fact more or less probable”

Inconclusive mixture Crime laboratory DNA report Crime lab user fee: $5,000 Conclusions: Item 1 – Swab of textured areas from a handgun The data indicates that DNA from four (4) or more contributors was obtained from the swab of the handgun. Due to the complexity of the data, no conclusions can be made regarding persons A and B as possible contributors to this mixture.

Computer reanalysis Cybergenetics TrueAllele ® report Match statistics provide information Person B included 400,000 Person A excluded Unmix the mixture Contributor

TrueAllele in Allegheny County CrimeEvidenceDefendantOutcomeSentence rapeclothingRalph Skundrichguilty75 years murdergun, hatLeland Davisguilty23 years rapeclothingAkaninyene Akanguilty32 years murdershotgun shellsJames Yeckel, Jr.guilty plea25 years murderfingernailAnthony Morganguiltylife weaponsgunThomas Doswellguilty plea1 year bank robberyclothingJesse Lumbergerguilty10 years drugsgunDerek McKissickguilty plea2 1/2 years drugsgunSteve Morganguilty plea2 1/2 years murderdoor, clothingCalvin Kaneguilty plea20 years murdergunJaykwaan Pinckneyguilty plea10 years child rapeclothingDhaque Jonesguilty plea6 years shootinggunAnthony Jeffersonguilty plea4 years weaponsgunDelmingo Williamsguilty plea3 years incest rapeclothingTerry L.guilty40 years bank robberyhatRobert Schatzmanguiltypending weaponsgunRashawn Walkerguilty1.5 years robberyhatLauren Peakguilty plea1 year murdergunChaz Whiteguilty plea4 years 40 cases, 8 trials, 3 DNA exonerations

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