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22 Am. J. Crim. L. 461 (1994-1995)
Criminal DNA Data Banks: Revolution for Law Enforcement or Threat to Individual Privacy

handle is hein.journals/ajcl22 and id is 469 raw text is: Notes Criminal DNA Data Banks: Revolution for Law Enforcement or Threat to Individual Privacy? Table of Contents I. Introduction ................................ 461 II. What Is DNA and What Is DNA Fingerprinting? ......... 463 III. Admissibility and Accuracy of DNA Fingerprinting ....... 465 IV. Current State Laws on Criminal Data Banks of DNA Fingerprints ................................ 474 V. Should DNA Fingerprint Data Banks Be Created? ........ 478 VI. What Safeguards Are Available for Data Banks of DNA Fingerprints and for Stored Blood Samples? ............ 484 VII. Conclusion ........................... ... 489 I. Introduction This Note examines the advent of deoxyribonucleic (DNA) identifier data banks in the law enforcement context. DNA evidence has been generally accepted in the courtroom for identification purposes in the form of DNA fingerprints.' Furthermore, a number of states have passed laws authorizing the establishment of a DNA data bank,2 or laws mandat- 1. E.g., United States v. Yee, 129 F.R.D. 629 (N.D. Ohio 1990); United States v. Jakobetz, 747 F.Supp. 250 (D.Vt. 1990). 2. E.g., IOWA CODE ANN. § 13.10 (West Supp. 1994); Miss. CODE ANN. § 45-33-15 (1994).

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