American Crime Story

Dennis Fung:
So, again, the four pieces to DNA are adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine, abbreviated by their first letters: A, T, G and C. They also come in pair. Now, the non-Watson Crick base pairing is what really gets interesting. It, uh…

Marcia Clark:
Mr. Fung, while all this can seem complicated to a non-scientist, the results are astoundingly accurate in terms of matching a suspect to tiny traces that have been left behind. Would you agree?

Dennis Fung:
Oh, certainly. The matching process is many, many times more accurate than a fingerprint.

Marcia Clark:
“Many, many times more accurate than a fingerprint.” And what were the results of the blood analysis from the Bundy crime scene.

Dennis Fung:
Well, the RFLP pattern from item 47 shows us that…

Marcia Clark:
Oh, let me rephrase. Other than the two victims, did this incredibly precise DNA matching show anyone else’s blood and DNA at the scene of the murders?

Dennis Fung:
It did, uh, just one individual.

Marcia Clark:
And does this same DNA match the blood you found on the back gate at Bundy?

Dennis Fung:
Yes, it does.

Marcia Clark:
And does it match the blood you found inside Mr. Simpson’s Bronco?

Dennis Fung:
Yes, it’s all from the same individual.

Marcia Clark:
And does it match the DNA and the blood you found leading up to Mr. Simpson’s house and on the sock at the foot of his bed?

Dennis Fung:
Yes, it’s all from the same individual’s DNA profile.

Marcia Clark:
Could it be anyone else’s DNA?

Dennis Fung:
That blood has a particular set of characteristics that could only occur approximately in one in 170 million individuals.

[Robert Kardashian looks visibly shocked by this statement]

Marcia Clark:
[to the jury] One person… in one hundred and seventy million. [To Dennis] Is that one person who matches all that DNA in this courtroom here today?

Dennis Fung:
Yes, he is.

Marcia Clark:
Could you please point him out for the Jury? [Dennis points at O.J.] Let the record show that Mr. Fung is pointing to the Defendant, Mr. Orenthal James Simpson.

[She takes her seat. Kardashian continues to look shaken by this exchange]