How Are Forensic DNA Tests Done

Some states have passed laws that require that everyone arrested for certain serious crimes provide a DNA sample for analysis and inclusion in CODIS (see below). What rules should there be for saving and sharing DNA profiles in law enforcement databases for a person arrested but acquitted of a crime  

To help in law enforcement, a federal law was enacted in 1994 that established a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) national DNA database called CODIS (Combined DNA Index System). By 1998, all 50 states had passed laws that require aU persons convicted of serious sex offenses and other crimes to provide a sample of blood for DNA analysis. The marker results are entered into the CODIS database, along with the results of crime scene samples. The methods and panel of markers used are standardized for all states so that results from a sample tested in one state can be compared with all the files in the database. Some groups argue that requiring a blood sample is a 

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