Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Police debate use of family DNA to ID suspects
[ Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:50:47 GMT ]

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey stands next to a model of DNA structure in his office in Denver. Morrissey says he solved the first crime in the U.S. using "familial DNA,'' a controversial technique where investigators develop a lead based on a family relationship, rather than linking crime-scene evidence to a person. Police in at least two states are increasingly using a DNA crime-solving technique that some legal experts say amounts to guilt by association: If your brother, father, uncle or son has been in trouble with the law and is in a DNA database because of it, you, too, could fall under suspicion.


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