DNA testing is a major flaw in the criminal justice system that can be addressed through upgrading capacity of labs and the amount of DNA the DNA database can store. Imagine being wrongfully convicted for a crime you did not do and spending years behind bars all because the justice system didn't analyze the DNA correctly. This happens to many people every year throughout the country, and there are many problems and causes with DNA identification and there needs to be a solution for it.
Wrongful convictions because of DNA is a problem in the justice system. Many cases have not even been tested for DNA. Evidence from thousands of unsolved rape cases and homicides have not been tested for DNA (Willing 1). This shows the problem because there are many cases that have not been tested for DNA when the evidence may be there. About 48,000 of 90,000 rapes in 2000 were not solved due to the lack of DNA evidence (Willing 2). This suggest that with better technology to analyze DNA these crimes could have been solved.
Many convicts are not entered in the DNA database or are not able to be held in the database system. Some criminal's DNA may not be in the DNA database to match them to crimes with ("Hard time for the innocent" 3). This evidence suggests that the database could help in solving crimes if it was …show more content…
Updating capacity and infrastructure would help with DNA testing. The update of infrastructure, automating DNA analysis procedure, and improve storage of forensic evidence would help with DNA identification ("Advancing Justice" 3). According to the article, there are ways to help with DNA testing, but there is no action being taken to do so. Most crime labs do not have the capacity to analyze DNA in a timely fashion. Upgrading capacity would help ("Advancing Justice" 3). From this you can observe that if there was more capacity DNA would be able to be tested quicker and more
Wrongful convictions because of DNA is a problem in the justice system. Many cases have not even been tested for DNA. Evidence from thousands of unsolved rape cases and homicides have not been tested for DNA (Willing 1). This shows the problem because there are many cases that have not been tested for DNA when the evidence may be there. About 48,000 of 90,000 rapes in 2000 were not solved due to the lack of DNA evidence (Willing 2). This suggest that with better technology to analyze DNA these crimes could have been solved.
Many convicts are not entered in the DNA database or are not able to be held in the database system. Some criminal's DNA may not be in the DNA database to match them to crimes with ("Hard time for the innocent" 3). This evidence suggests that the database could help in solving crimes if it was …show more content…
Updating capacity and infrastructure would help with DNA testing. The update of infrastructure, automating DNA analysis procedure, and improve storage of forensic evidence would help with DNA identification ("Advancing Justice" 3). According to the article, there are ways to help with DNA testing, but there is no action being taken to do so. Most crime labs do not have the capacity to analyze DNA in a timely fashion. Upgrading capacity would help ("Advancing Justice" 3). From this you can observe that if there was more capacity DNA would be able to be tested quicker and more