Police debate use of family DNA to ID suspects
February 15, 2010 by supermario
Filed under Police State
AP
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.
The technique is known as a “familial DNA” search. And in what is believed to be a precedent-setting case, Denver police used it to help catch the burglar who left a drop of blood on a passenger seat when he broke a car window and stole $1.40 in change.
A growing number of law enforcement agencies nationwide are considering whether to adopt the technique, which scientists say holds great promise.
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