Article 6ZQRK Identical twin convicted based on DNA differences in first US case of its kind

Identical twin convicted based on DNA differences in first US case of its kind

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Melody Schreiber
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In the Virginia case, rare genetic mutations distinguished identical twins in DNA analysis

For the first time in the US, an identical twin has been convicted of a crime based on DNA analysis.

On 21 August, a jury found Russell Marubbio, 54, guilty of a sexual assault that occurred in Woodbridge, Virginia, in 1987.

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