Apple's new TV show reconsiders the 'murder gene.' Here's what the science says
Apple TV+ limited drama ‘Defending Jacob’ stars Chris Evans and Michelle Dockery as the parents of a teenager accused of murdering a classmate.
Author William Landay first explored the subject in his 2012 book, on which the show is based. He was intrigued by “As a writer, the idea that genetic destiny can override free will — that somebody might think, ‘Well, I can’t be blamed for my actions, because it’s in my genes’ — is haunting.” Jaeden Martell plays a teen accused of murdering a classmate in Apple TV+ limited drama “Defending Jacob.”“It’s not like Huntington’s disease, where there’s a single gene that causes the disorder, and you can do a genetic test to find if a person has that specific mutation and will, at some point, develop those symptoms,” she explained. “There’s no single, deterministic gene that would make someone commit a murder.
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