FSN: Forensic Science News » Shadow DNA database http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes and Opinion by a Real Forensic Scientist Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:20:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 State hits crime lab on DNA cache http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/state-hits-crime-lab-on-dna-cache/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/state-hits-crime-lab-on-dna-cache/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:54:54 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=317

Massachusetts State Police lab collect and store DNA profiles they shouldn’t be allowed to. This is an inherent problem with databases that collect personal information, when there is no oversight. The police can store information they are not supposed to. This case may or may not have been “accidental”, but

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