State shouldn’t expand DNA database

January 12, 2009

Since they burst on the criminal justice scene about 20 years ago, DNA samples have been used to free innocent people from prison and solve crimes once thought to be impossible, bringing closure to longstanding, heinous crimes such as rape and murder.

The federal government and several states are so enamored with the powers of DNA they have opted to start collecting samples, not just from convicted felons, but from individuals at the time of their arrest. (The Olympian)