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    In most cases DNA profiling can be the answer to solving unsolved cases. A single DNA sample from criminals placed in the National DNA database would help solve the most difficult of crime cases. CODIS has shown to be a very effective tool in the justice system ever since the beginning.

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    In most cases DNA profiling can be the answer to solving unsolved cases. A single DNA sample from criminals placed in the National DNA database would help solve the most difficult of crime cases. CODIS has shown to be a very effective tool in the justice system ever since the beginning.

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    In most cases DNA profiling can be the answer to solving unsolved cases. A single DNA sample from criminals placed in the National DNA database would help solve the most difficult of crime cases. CODIS has shown to be a very effective tool in the justice system ever since the beginning.

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    Mr.Holland
    CriminalssubmittingDNA
    Howwouldyoufeelifalovedonewastobemurderedandfederalagentswereunableto
    identifythesuspect?Tohavethatuneasyfeelingofuncertainty,anger,sadness,andtheurgeto
    getthemandyourfamilythejusticetheydeserve.InmostcasesDNAprofilingcanbethe
    answertosolvingunsolvedcases.WithasingleDNAsamplefromcriminalsplacedinthe
    nationalDNAdatabaseitwouldhelpsolvethemostdifficultofcrimecases.Criminalsshouldbe
    forcedtosubmittogivingaDNAsampletobeusedbypoliceinapprehendingcriminals.
    WithcrimesraisingthroughouttheUnitedStates,CongressestablishedCODISalso
    calledCombinedDNAIndexSystemwithNationalDNAIndexSystemin1994.TheNational
    DNAindexsystemismadeupofDNAprofilesfromconvictedoffendersandsomearrests
    collectedbyallfiftystatesandthefederalgovernment.CODISisusedforcomparingDNA
    profilesofcriminalsfromunsolvedcases,frommurderstolowerlevelcrimestotheoffenders
    database.IfcriminalswouldsubmitmoreDNAsamplesotherthanfingerprintsamples,itwould
    helpofficialschargecriminalsfortheircrimesthattheyhavenotbeenchargedfor.
    CODIShasshowntobeaveryeffectivetoolinthejusticesystemeversincethe
    beginning.AccordingtoRichard"crimeswithsamplesdrawnfromconvictshadscorednearly
    5,500matchesinthefirst10yearsithasoperatedfor.""InJuneof2006,its12thyear,CODIS
    hashelpedsolve36,000cases."(Richard).Thedatabasessuccesshasincreasedevenmoreafter
    2006.TheFederalBureauofInvestigationstatesthatasofSeptember2014,CODIShas
    producedover261,703hitsassistinginmorethan250,230investigations.Anexampleofthis

    wouldbethecaseofamancalledCurtisTuckerwhowasaccusedofrobbingandassaultinga72
    yearoldmanwithparkinsonsdiseaseinManhattan.HewasthenrequiredtosubmitaDNA
    samplewithaswaboftheinsideofhischeek.Thetestconnectedhimtoa2004assaultand
    attendedraipofa15yearoldgirlinherapartmentcomplex(TheNewYorkTimes).Asyou
    canseetheCODISsystemhasbeenproventohelpsuccessfullyincrimefightingandsolving
    cases.
    TherearemanybenefitstohavingcriminalsberequiredtosubmittheirDNAto
    lawinformentbuttheiraresomepeoplewhothinktheopposite.Theysaythatitviolatestheir
    ownprivacybutthatisnotexactlytrue.AccordingtotheFederalBureauofInvestigation"No
    namesorotherpersonalidentifiersoftheoffenders,arrestees,ordetaineesarestoredusingthe
    CODISsoftware."TheonlywaytheDNAistrackedtosomeoneisbyaspecimenidentification
    number(FBI).
    WiththeadvancesinDNAtestingithasbecomeanessentialpartofthecriminaljustice.
    WithcriminalssubmittingtheirDNA,itwouldkeepdangerouscriminalsbehindbarsby
    connectingthemtocrimesthattheyhavecommittedandhavenotbeenaccusedof.Criminals
    shouldberequiredtosubmittheirDNAtobeusedintheNationalDNADatabase.

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    Willing, Richard. "DNA Database Can Flag Suspects Through Relatives."


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