Man demands source code that linked his DNA to crime
Prosecutors in a California court believe they have the right suspect in a series of crimes, at least partly because of a forensic DNA analysis software program.
But the defendant, Billy Ray Johnson Jr., is demanding he and his lawyers be given the software’s source code so they can determine whether or not it contains errors.
That makes sense, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, because evidence that is used by the prosecution cannot be withheld from the defense.
