DNA EVIDENCE HAS INCREASINGLY BEEN USED IN COURT TO PROVE GUILT AN...

13. DNA evidence has increasingly been used in court to prove guilt and to exonerate the innocent.Because so many convicted felons have been cleared by DNA evidence, all cases in which someone wasconvicted largely on circumstantial evidence should be called into question and reviewed.Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen this argument?a. One in three convictions today rests largely on DNA evidence.b. DNA evidence is admissible even after the statute of limitations has expired.c. Of every ten cases in which DNA evidence becomes available post-conviction, five convictions areoverturned.d. DNA evidence is 99.8% accurate.e. DNA evidence is very difficult to falsify or tamper with.

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Directions:The following questions each present a sentence, part or all of which is underlined. Beneath thesentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined portion. The first choice repeats the original; theother four choices present different options for phrasing the underlined text. Determine which choice bestexpresses the idea in the underlined text. If you think the original is best, choose option a. These questionstest both the correctness and overall effectiveness of expression. In choosing your answer, pay attention togrammar, sentence construction, and word choice and style. The correct answer is free of grammatical errors,clear, precise, and concise.