It wasn’t me, it was my evil twin.
That alibi could arguably be the most famous, overused and least believed response to an accusation in history. But for possibly the first time it will be admissible in court, a judge ruled on Friday.
Aaron Lucas, 32, a Fort Collins, Colo., army officer accused in several sexual assaults on female children will be able to point the finger at his twin brother, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported. In his ruling, Judge David Shakes said it would be “inappropriate” to hinder Lucas’ attorneys from opening the idea of his twin, Brian Lucas, as the culprit in court because they both share the same DNA.
In cases where a crime suspect has a twin, DNA evidence can be strongly questioned and has come up in several other cases. In a British case last August, twins Mohammed and Aftab Asghar were accused of a rape, but prosecutors were unsure which, if either, of them to accuse. Also, in 2009, a set of twins in Marseille, France, were accused in a series of rapes but police were unable to determine which to prosecute.
There has to be an episode of Law and Order: SVU about this.