Since Mr. Raj had been physically caught in the act and had DNA evidence to prove he was the person transporting the drugs, the prosecution was believed to have a powerful and concrete case against him. When the case came to trial, everything seemed to fall into place for the prosecution. Until, the defense deemed the evidence didn’t prove that Mr. Raj was guilty because his identical twin brother, Sabarish Raj, was also a perfect match for the DNA evidence.
Both the prosecutor and the Jury couldn’t figure out which one of the twins were guilty. They couldn’t even determine which of the men had been arrested at the scene of the crime. Ultimately, the court came to the conclusion that both men were to be set free without any charges against them because they couldn't determine which of the twins committed the crime.
I think this is so interesting. To go from a hanging sentence to being set free is amazing luck with having a twin look so similar. My question is how do authorities test for twin "accuracy" nowadays? Can you ever really determine the difference legally because DNA is the exact same.
ReplyDeleteThis is extremely odd. Imagine if there was a murder that took place or a more serious crime, then they would not be able to identify the killer because of his twin? Although people may disagree with the charges and the death penalty is certainly not the right punishment in my opinion, if there was a shooting or more serious crime, this is a serious problem. This could hurt justice from being served in more important cases, and either way, one twin committed the crime and set free.
ReplyDeleteThis is so mind blowing because you would think that since he was caught in the act and his DNA evidence is shown to prove that he did it and yet no charges were put against him. You would think that they would be careful when handling evidence, especially when you have a twin. Even though this did not take place in America, I think this is another great example to prove that all justice systems fail to operate.
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