What is the impact of a DNA database on the criminal justice system?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lowe, D059007 (Cal. App. 2012):
Last, by helping identify the actual perpetrators of crimes, the DNA database allows law enforcement officers to eliminate innocent persons from suspect lists. (See United States v. Sczubelek (3d Cir. 2005) 402 F.3d 175, 185 ["[T]he DNA samples will help to exculpate individuals who are serving sentences of imprisonment for crimes they did not commit and will help to eliminate individuals from suspect lists when crimes
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