| Crime |
In the early hours of May 11, 2014, Jeffery Jackson (38) was shot to death in front of an art museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| Evidence |
A handgun was recovered by police and swabbed for DNA evidence.
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| DNA |
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office developed DNA data from the handgun. |
| Match |
Due to insufficient data, the lab’s manual analysis could not produce a match statistic.
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| TrueAllele |
On the same DNA data, the computer connected Tariq Long to the handgun with a match statistic of 5.17 thousand.
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| Cybergenetics |
On February 10, 2017, Cybergenetics Dr. Mark Perlin testified at the trial in Pittsburgh, PA about the computer’s DNA match statistic.
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| Outcome |
On Tuesday, February 14, 2017, Long was found not guilty.
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