Local and state law agencies have been making moves to reduce nationwide backlog on cases waiting for DNA analysis. The federal government has made efforts by them giving $500 million grants to laboratories throughout the country. Many of these cases are from rape and assault cases. These cases that are on backlog for testing are letting possibly thousands of criminal offenders unpunished on the loose and maybe committing new crimes. Each DNA sample costs about $1,500 to be analyzed and that is for the 700 cases that are backlogged. This also brings up many cases in which the attackers or rapists continue to commit the crimes that they are being tested for. As the cases are backlogged in the programs, the offender went on to rape two other women one being a seventeen-year-old girl and sexually assaulted them both. Progress is trying to be made on the backlogging of DNA analysis cases but not much has really happened as of now.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Federal Funding to Ease DNA analysis Backlog
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Very nicely done, Joe. I like the way you explained what happened, as well as how much each DNA sample would cost. I also think that the federal government giving $500 million grants to labs throughout the country will help the labs in reducing backlog.
Again, great job.
This is a very interesting piece about DNA analysis and the problems faved by many laboratories that can't manage all the cases that they need to analyze. The $500 Million grants would do a great job of helping the laboratories stay on top of their work and keep up with the fugitives. In my opinion, I feel that some more detail concerning the grants and specific information about the analysis would help to make people understand how important it is to a case.
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