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Lawmaker wants DNA from suspects when arrested for state crimes

Posted on April 27, 2011 by pogowasright.org

Rob Hotakainen reports:

In 2001, King County Sheriff Dave Reichert relied on a DNA match to solve the case of Washington state’s Green River Killer, who murdered 49 women and ranks as the nation’s most prolific serial killer.

Now a Republican congressman, Reichert wants Congress to expand the use of DNA testing by getting more states to collect DNA samples, just as they do fingerprints, when suspected felons are arrested for state crimes.

Read more in the Washington Post.

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