DNA Dragnet
DNA collection bill wins approval
Submitted by MichaelVail on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 5:30pm.
The Maryland General Assembly cruised toward adjournment tonight, approving an expansion of DNA sample collections in Maryland's legal system.
All Your DNA Are Belong to Us: Criminal Justice in the Genetic Age
Submitted by MichaelVail on Wed, 07/25/2007 - 5:24pm.
What's the most significant impact of genetics in our lives?
Criminal justice, says Philip Reilly, a geneticist-attorney and former Interleukin CEO. Talking at the Jackson Labs today, he called forensic DNA "the single biggest change in the history of evidence in the last 100 years."
Eliot Spitzer Wants Your DNA For A Massive DNA Database
Submitted by MichaelVail on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 3:26am.
Governor Eliot Spitzer’s proposal to greatly expand the state’s database of DNA samples along with the exoneration last week of a New Jersey man who served 19 years in jail for the gruesome murder of two children has reopened debate about the use of a technology that could fundamentally change how justice is administered in New York City.
DNA Databases May Be Growing Too Quickly
Submitted by MichaelVail on Thu, 01/18/2007 - 2:55am.
As state DNA databases expand, a growing number of "cold cases" are getting solved, but that's leading to a new problem: Local jurisdictions can't keep up with their burgeoning caseloads.
"I see it nationally as becoming a major problem," said Ted Hunt, chief trial assistant in the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office in Kansas City, Mo. "We're lucky to have a cold case homicide unit and a branch of sex crimes that works on cold cases, but many jurisdictions lack those resources."
And DNA databases are certain to grow even more in several states.
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