Military DNA Registry Used in Criminal Case

Posted by michael on Friday July 18, 2003 @04:25AM from the blood-will-tell dept.

bubblegoose writes "The Reading Eagle has a story about a man sought in a Reading, PA. murder who was arrested Thursday in Puerto Rico. This is the first time anyone has been apprehended in a criminal case based on DNA collected by the military. Apparently the DNA registry has a stringent set of rules that must be met for a blood sample to be released and those were satisfied." The DNA registry catalogs DNA samples from all US armed forces, ostensibly for identifying remains (although if that were the only reason, the samples would be automatically destroyed at the end of the servicemember's contract.)

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Re:Well, they can.... by michael · 2003-07-18 05:09 · Score: 1, Flamebait

What does your comment have to do with mine, regarding automatic destruction?

Nothing, huh?

An automatic destruction procedure would result in approximately 100% of samples being destroyed. The current "write a letter and get the forms, have the forms notarized and send them in, if of course you even know about it at all, which is extremely unlikely" procedure results in approximately 0.0% of the samples being destroyed. There is, in fact, a difference between these situations.

Plus, you're an idiot for trying a "didn't read the link" flame for a link which I added myself, from my own bookmarks.

Have a nice day.