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New DNA Test to Solve More Cases

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-can't-get-away-with-anything-anymore dept.

Krishna Dagli writes From the BBC,"Tens of thousands of unsolved crimes could be cracked with a new forensic technique, it has been claimed.The Forensic Science Service (FSS) is piloting a computer-based analysis system which can interpret previously unintelligible DNA samples.It claims the technique is a world first which will boost its crime detection rates by more than 15%.The method is being tested by the West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Northumbria and Humberside police forces."

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  1. What happened to facing your accuser? by fredrated · · Score: 1, Interesting

    How do you face your accuser when it is a piece of software?

  2. Upping the what now? by jesdynf · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The /crime detection/ rate is up by 15%? Just great. How many headless corpses and savage beatings were we not noticing before this? Are they finally going to start ticketing that bastard who parks in the middle of four spaces in my complex or something?

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