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The CODIS database contains several different indexes for the storage of DNA profile information. For assistance in criminal investigations three indexes exist: the offender index, which contains DNA profiles of those convicted of crimes; the arrestee index, which contains profiles of those arrested of crimes pursuant to the laws of the particular state; and the forensic index, which contains ...
This database consists of genetic profiles of approximately 18 million different people, however these are limited to DNA samples from convicted felons and arrestees. [26] Data on the racial distribution of profiles suggests that 8.6% of the entire African American population is present in the database compared to only 2% of the white population.
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In November 2019, a Florida judge approved a police request for a warrant to search the database of GEDmatch. [19] As of December 9, 2019, GEDmatch was acquired by Verogen, Inc., a sequencing company solely dedicated to forensic science. For the 1.2 million DNA profiles, a new version of the existing site will focus on solving crimes.
A man who faces execution will have his DNA evidence heard in court in August.. On Tuesday, Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, 55, was granted an evidentiary hearing, to take place on Aug. 21 ...
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Katie's Law, also known as the Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2010, is a federal law to provide funding to states to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes for felony arrests. The bill is named after Katie Sepich, who was brutally attacked outside of her New Mexico home in August 2003.
Police used genome sequencing to identify a body found in the Mississippi River more than four decades ago as a 15-year-old girl from Iowa.