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DNA backlog comes under scrutiny
By MARIUM CHAUDHRY | September 29The number of innocent people who have been wrongly accused of crimes might decrease under an act that was first introduced in Congress in 2003. The Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act, which is currently in committee, states that it is "a bill to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, (and) to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of federal, state and local crime laboratories." It is now up to the states to allocate their funds to implement the new program.
