1. The Power Of DNA And DNA Fingerprinting
... detectives. On August 17, 1990, John Davis was arrested for the raping and assaults of Carol Sanders, his "on-again, off-again" girlfriend. He pleaded innocent and agreed on a blood test (Levy 94-95). On December 19, 1990, an FBI agent called the prosecutor's office and informed them that the semen sample taken from Carol Sanders was not that of John ... could tell investigators such things as the subject's race, eye and hair color, and physical build" (Campbell 100). With all of these advantages, there come disadvantages. The cost for a DNA test is around $100-$5,000, which is 50 to 10...
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