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What if DNA evidence from a crime scene could tell us what the perpetrator looked like?
Scientists around the world are working to tie our genes to the physical traits like eye color, height and race. Although this research has many important applications, one direction it has taken is the hunt for a composite sketch based on DNA. The inexactness of this science and the propensity of criminal justice agencies to use scientific methods before they're ready worries me. The U.K. and the Netherlands are already using some form of these tests, as are some U.S. states. Germany has outlawed the practice, along with Indiana, Wyoming and Rhode Island. But Louisiana is one state that has already used this testing, and it helped correct errors in an invesitgation.
Read the full story: http://criminaljustice.change.org/blog/view/a_troubling_new_direction_for_dna_testing
