When the district attorney leans into the jury box and announces, “There is only a one in five million, I repeat, a ONE IN FIVE MILLLLLLLION CHANCE that an INNOCENT MAN would match the DNA sample found at the scene,” he is answering question 1: How likely would an innocent person be to look guilty? But the jury’s job is to answer question 2: How likely is this guilty-looking defendant to be innocent? That’s a question the DA can’t help them with.*
