These are such unusual cases; it just goes to show what a good lawyer can do.

Do you have citations for the CNV and methylation differences between twins? The CNVs would be particularly interesting.

Related thought: have copy number variants been demonstrated between two “normal” samples from the same person? (i.e. ignoring cancer and trivial things like antibody rearrangements). Or CNV changes between generations?

What would King Solomon have done about these twin cases? If it were me, I’d tell the twins that we know one of them did it, so the two of them are going to have to just decide which one is going to jail. And if they can’t come up with a decision, then one will go for the crime, and the other will go for covering up the crime. I know there might be some legal problems with this solution though. Dave

We had a case like the paternity one you mentioned. The court ended up using testimony from the woman regarding dates she had last slept with each twin. Then they used some conception date calculations to name a father. If you can’t be convicted of a crime, can you be named a father? It must have been a different attorney!

I LOVE your blog. I just started my own business blog for the company I work for. Yours definitely gives me something to aim for. Nice work!

Also, really enjoyed the chatter with the perfume lady “May”. Good Stuff.

Funny – suggests that twins are favorably predisposed to be successful at not getting convicted for crime. At least maybe until we get to proteome and methylation sequencing.

On a practical level, the ‘evil twin’ will eventualy trip himself up.

Crooks aren’t very clever. If they were, they wouldn’t go into a business where both your associates (other crooks, your family) _and_ your opposition (the police) can ruin you with a single ‘phone call.

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