ABC News reports that the defense is claiming that latest DNA tests in the Duke lacrosse case are not conclusive:
A lawyer for one of the players on the Duke University lacrosse team said the results of the second round of DNA testing in the investigation of rape allegations showed "no conclusive match" with any player on the team.
"Categorically, this report shows no conclusive match between any genetic material taken on or from the false accuser and any genetic material of any Duke lacrosse player," said Joe Chesire, an attorney for one of the team members not accused in the case, at a news conference hours after the results of the new testing were released.
A vaginal swab from the accuser did find genetic material from one "single male source," but that source was not any member of the lacrosse team, Chesire said.
The AP adds that "Cheshire said the testing did find some genetic material from several people on a plastic fingernail found in a bathroom trash can of the house where the team held the March 13 party," adding that the defense attorney "said some of that material had the 'same characteristics' - a link short of a conclusive match - to some of the players, but not the two who have charged with rape, kidnapping and sexual assault."
In short, Nifong appears to have a non-conclusive link to non-suspects on a fingernail in a trash can with lots of other items in it plus semen from someone who isn't a lacrosse player. That's not much.
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