It doesn't lie. So who are you?'

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Truly ... ""There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

(Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5)

There are times when even science can't anticipate every trick Nature can throw at us, but at least it doesn't really claim to, unlike dogmatic belief systems like religion and partisan politics. Those who harness scientifically-derived methodology for social, political, or commercial purposes must keep this in mind. Claiming that a woman's child is not her own is an exceptional accusation, requiring exceptional evidence. Here, the evidence was a little too routine (in modern usage) to carry that burden with full confidence, so alternative explanations had to be explored. I wonder how many women may not have gotten that second chance.

Kudos to that judge for recommending testing of her third child. It seems kind of obvious, but not every judge would have accepted the argument that it was necessary.