The case has also been much criticised because of the way statistics had been misused by the prosecution in the original trial. In October 2000 The Royal Statistical Society issued a press release which pointed out some of the problems, while the appeal judges concluded "...it seems likely that if this matter had been fully argued before us we would, in all probability, have considered that the statistical evidence provided a quite distinct basis upon which the appeal had to be allowed." See Prosecutor's fallacy for a fuller analysis of these issues.
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