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R v Adams [1996] EWCA Crim 10 and 222, are rulings in the United Kingdom that banned the expression in court of headline (soundbite), standalone Bayesian statistics from the reasoning admissible before a jury in DNA evidence cases, in favour of the calculated average (and maximal) number of matching incidences among the nation's population. The facts involved strong but inconclusive evidence conflicting with the DNA evidence, leading to a retrial.

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  • R v Adams [1996] EWCA Crim 10 and 222, are rulings in the United Kingdom that banned the expression in court of headline (soundbite), standalone Bayesian statistics from the reasoning admissible before a jury in DNA evidence cases, in favour of the calculated average (and maximal) number of matching incidences among the nation's population. The facts involved strong but inconclusive evidence conflicting with the DNA evidence, leading to a retrial. (en)
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  • The panel judgement, and its aftermath laid out the proper directions for the probability of a DNA match, where a good DNA sample was obtained from the crime scene and "matched" to the defendant (en)
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  • 1996-04-26 (xsd:date)
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  • Rose LJ (en)
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  • Regina v. Denis John Adams (en)
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  • Rose LJ, Hidden J, Buxton J (en)
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  • DNA evidence (en)
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  • R v Adams (en)
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  • Trial with conviction by jury (en)
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  • Retrial by a properly-directed jury as to DNA evidence (en)
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  • R v Adams [1996] EWCA Crim 10 and 222, are rulings in the United Kingdom that banned the expression in court of headline (soundbite), standalone Bayesian statistics from the reasoning admissible before a jury in DNA evidence cases, in favour of the calculated average (and maximal) number of matching incidences among the nation's population. The facts involved strong but inconclusive evidence conflicting with the DNA evidence, leading to a retrial. (en)
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