Philadelphia Police Department False Match

This error occurred in an actual case and was detected by my colleague at U. C. Irvine, William Thompson. This error is similar to the Kocak case where the known samples had apparently been switched. At the time Bill Thompson was asked to review this evidence the defense attorney had convinced his client to take a plea bargain due to this "damaging" DNA evidence. The link is to a powerpoint file with documents detailing this case. Philadelphia documents