In Today’s forensic DNA testing is used all around the world to catch
criminals. Forensic DNA testing is able to catch suspects and analyze their
data correctly to be able to identify their suspect and be sure to identify their
suspect and be sure it is the right person. DNA testing is 100% accurate and
is the most effective type of testing there is and can change many lives such
as criminals, fathers and children.
Before forensic DNA testing the most accurate testing their was to
catch suspects was finger prints. Finger prints were used occasionally to catch
suspects that were at time of the crime and to identify if they have had a past
criminal record, the finger printing …show more content…
DNA collection and analysis gives the criminal justice field a
powerful tool for convicting the guilty and exonerating the innocent. “ The
greatest single achievement to date was surely the invention of the molecule
DNA” ( Lewis Thompson). About Forensic DNA provides general
information on a wide range of topics such as paternity testing,
Mitochondrial DNA testing, and Y-chromosome testing.
“ The DNA testing fields emerged in 1985, biological material skin,
blood, and other body fluids has emerged as the most reliable physical
evidence at a crime scene, particularly used in sexual assaults’’ ( Annette
Davis). In 1987 Tommy Lee Andrews was the first person in the united states
to be convicted as a result of DNA evidence, and was sentenced 22 years in
prison. The next year “ the south side strangler” was sentenced to death
when DNA testing linked him to several murders around Richmond. “ Most
cases don’t turn on DNA evidence. Most rely on eyewitness, testimony and
defendants” ( Barry Staubus ). “ The information incoded in your
How is all works is simple, two samples are taken, one from